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FIRST REUNION 



OF THE 



flrmy oi me Tennessee, 



AND 



ITS FOUR CORPS. 



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FIRST REUNION 



OF THE 



SURVIVORS 



OF THE 



Army of the Tennessee, 



AND ITS FOUR CORPS. 



RKPORT OK PROCKEDINOS, 
ROSTERS, ETC. 



WASHINGTON, D. C, 

SEPTEMBER 22, 1892. 
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Committee Rooms, j 

Army of the Tennessee, 
WashincxTon, D. C, October, 1892. \ 

A1 a iin'ctiiig of tlie Joint Coiniiiittee of Arrange- 
iiiriits lor llie Reunion of the Army of the Tennessee and 
nf tlif coiimiittees for the several corps, it was 

Ordered, That the record of proceedings at the re- 
cent rtMinions of tlie Army of tlie Tennessee and of its 
four corps, together witli portraits and biographical 
skctclies of the speakers, be published, under the direc- 
tion of llie Cliaii-maii. General Clark, and Captain 
Swi-art. Attest: 

B. F. Chase, 

Secretary. 



rBi.n TN> raua or wiuox, iii'MriiiiiiT> a i 

rOfllTII *T.. LOHAnwr^iITT, ikd. 



Preliminary Note. 



UNDER the general management and supervision of 
Captain John McElroy, editor of the National Tri- 
hwie. the Citizens' Committee of Washington made ar- 
rangements enabling army corps to hold reunions in large 
tents on the White Lot (Grand Army Place), south of the 
Executive Mansion, in the District of Columbia, during 
the Twenty-sixtli Annual Encampment of tlie Grand 
Army of the Repul:)lic, 19th to 24th September, 1892. 

Accordingly, a local committee of arrangements for 
each corps was appointed. 

Subsequently, the resident members of the four corps 
embraced in the Army of the Tennessee, determined to 
hold an Army Reunion in addition to the Corps Re- 
unions, and they appointed a joint committee, tlireefrom 
each corps, to make necessary arrangements: 

From the 18tli Corps, From the 16th Corps, 
Gen. Geo. W. Clark, Mr. David F. McGoAvan, 

Maj. Horace Coleman, Mr. Lucius D. Alden, 

Mr. Fletcher White. Mr. Joseph E. Hart. 

From the 15th Corps, From the ITtli Corps, 
Gen. Clias. E. Hovey, Gen. Dennis T. Kirby, 

Gen. Green B. Raum, Col. Wm. P. Davis, 

Capt. Geo. W. Wilson. Mr. Benj. F. Chase. 

The Committee organized by electing Gen. Chas. E. 
Hovey, Chairman, Gen. Geo. W. Clark, Vice Chair- 
man, and Mr. Benj. F. Chase, Secretary. A circular 
letter of invitation was sent out, and a programme of 
proceedings for the Reunion was prepared, copies of 
which are appended hereto: 



l\\l<V KKI'NION OF 

C IKCLLAH LETTER 
KIKST KET:XI0M 

OK TIIK 



Survi\oi> of the Army of the Tennessee, 

TO BE UEI-D IN 

WASHINGTON, D. C, SEPTEMBER 22, 1892. 



'(JKN. CHAS. E. HovKT, CA^/^/'wr///. _ 

, Gen Gto. W. Clark. ] tee C/HnnrHNi. 

I ■ BEN.T. F. Chase. Secretary. 

:i. ( i.hiiiulti'r of Airaiigi-meuls. , ^^^^ green B. Raum, D. F. McGowan, 

I Fletcher White. 



\V.\siiiN<n-<.N. I). C, Sept. 12, 1S92. 
'In the Snrrirors of the Amu/ of the Tennessee: 

An-aiiiztMut'iits liavc lu'cii made for holding- in tliis 
.ity. on 'rinii-.<da\. S.'i't- 22. 1S',)2. a Reuxion of the sur- 
vi vol's ol 1 lif 

AKMV OF TllK TKNNESSEE. 
.Major-linicrai Howard will preside, and brief addresses 
an' t'\p<'i't<'(i IVoiu incnihcrs of each of tlie four Corps — 
i:'.tli. l.'>t!i. H'.th and 1711i. ( )f course, the singing of fa- 
vorite war-sonus will he included in the programme. 

'I'hr Reunion will he lield in the Grant Tent, on the 
White \^A. sniiili of the Kxeciitive Mansion, from three 
to .six o'clock P. .M.. and the printed i)rogramme of exer- 
i'jscs can l)e jiad durinu" encanipment week on application 
at tlie lieadi|uai'ters" tents of cither of the four Corps. 

K\ery comrade wlio at any time served in tlie Army 
of tile 'I'ennessee is Invitcd to |)artieipate. 

Hy order of the Committee, 

Ben.i. F. Chase, 

Secretary. 



ARMY OF THE TENNESSEE. 



PROGRAMME. 

ORDER OF PROCEEDINGS 

IN THE 

GRANTr^TKNT, GRAND ARMY PLACE, 

AVASHINGTON. D. C. 

Thursday, 22d September, 1892, 

AT 3.30 P. M. 



Oi-chestra. 

Prayer. 

Trumpeter's Call — Assembly. 

Reveille. 

Address of Welcome — Gen. Clias. E. Hovey. 

Election of Officers. 

Address by the President-elect — Gen. O. O. Howard. 

Orchestra. 
Address, 13tli Corps— Col. Asa C. Matthews. 
Address. 15th Corps — Gen. Green B. Ranm. 

Army Song-. 

Address, l(3th Corps — Gen. Eugene A. Carr. . 

Address, 17th Corps— Gen. M. F. Force. 

Army Song. 

Address, Cavalry Corps — Gen. John W. Noble. 

Army Song. 

Addresses, under the five minute rule. 

Retreat. 

Army Song. 

Tattoo. 
Orchestra. 



FIRST REUNION OF 



SECRETARY'S REPORT. 



Grant Tent, Grand Army Place, ) 
Washington, D. C, 22nd September, 1892. \ 

In pni'siiance of an invitation sent oat by our Joint 
Connnittee, and of other announcements, the spacious 
Grant Tent, on Grand Army Place, in this city, was filled 
to overflowing, Thursday afternoon, September 22, 1892, 
with survivors of the Army of the Tennessee. This was 
an army meeting proper, composed of officers and ukui 
just as in war times. The call went out to everi/ eo/nrade 
who at any time served in the Army of the Tennessee. It 
was the first call ever made, embracing all survivors — 
officers and privates, of this army ; and the assembled 
veterans constituted the first reunion ever held of sur- 
vivors of the Army of the Tennessee as a whole. 

It was a big assembly. " The great Grant Tent was 
packed to the walls with veterans, and the i)latform was 
crowded with some of the most distinguished warriors 
and women of the Nation.'' — Post. 

Widows of commanders, who had been spe('ially 
invited, and their party were escorted to Grand Army 
Place under the direction of Major Wm. Q. Carroll, ])y 
the Logan Camp Sons of Veterans, headed by the Third 
Regiment N. G. Band, of Wausau, Wisconsin, and were 
assigned the place of honor on the platform at the right 
of the presiding officer. " Strains of martial music, with 
an occasional salute from a cannon somewhere on the 
White Lot, gave the large gathering a mild reminder of 
war days " — Star. 

After prayer 1)y Major Edgar A. Hamilton, of the 
First New York Mounted Rifles, the trumi)eter blew the 



ARMY OF THE TENNESSEE. 



Assembly Call and sounded the reveille, and then Gren- 
eral C'lias. E. Hovey, on behalf of our Joint Committee 
of Arrangements and of the people of Washington, 
delivered an address of weU-ome, and also nominated 
Major-General Oliver O. Howard, the only surviving 
commander of the Army of the Tennessee, for President; 
Geo. W. Clark, of the 13tli Corps, Bernard G. Farrar, of 
the ir)th Corps, Grenville M. Dodge, of the U)th Corps, and 
Jeremiah M. Rusk, of tlie 17th Corps, for Vice-Presidents, 
and Wm. T. Clark, of the Staff, for Secretary— all to 
serve for one year and until their successors are elected. 
These nominations were confirmed by a vote of the meet- 
ing, and the President-elect, General Howard, on coming 
forward, delivered an appropriate address. 

C'olonel Asa C. Matthews then sj^oke for the 18tli 
Corjjs, General Green B. Raum for the 15th, General 
Eugene A, Carr for the 16th, Generals Grenvdlle M. 
Dodge and Jeremiah M. Rusk for the 17th, and General 
John W. N()l)le for the C'avalry. Secretary Clark also 
made a short speech, and read letters and telegrams from 
absent comrades, and calls for information. 

These proceedings were interspersed with old-time 
cheers for each of the four corps ; witli music by a 
splendid band, the VVausau Band of Wisconsin, F. G. 
Dana, Director, which accompanied the Frank P. Blair 
Grand Army Post, of St. Louis; with ''Marching Through 
Georgia," sung by the whole assembly, under the lead of 
Lot Abraham; with the "Battle of Chicamauga " and the 
" Express Train," drummed by A. F. Springsteen ; and 
with an ode, entitled the " Drununer Boy of Mission 
Ridge," recited by little Miss Florence Lee, whose father 
was drummer for the 18th Illinois Infantry. 

The mention of the names of the gallant living and 
of the heroic dead, alike called forth spontaneous greet- 
ing. The greeting given to Morgan I^. Smith was spe- 
cially cordial. 

Then followed an address by Captain Wm. Hem- 



FIRST REUNIOlSr OF 



street, of Greneral Joseph A. Mower's staff, in which he 
dwelt on tlie services and characteristics of his chief, 
aUnding' also to the neg-lected condition of his grave at 
Arlington, and moving for a committee to collect a fnnd 
and erect a monument over dear old Joe Mower's last 
resting place. 

The motion was agreed to, and Jeremiah M. Rusk, 
AVager Swayne, Dennis T. Kirby, C. S. Sargent, Benj. F. 
Chase, Wm. S. Kosecrans, Wm. P. Davis, C. B. Stoddard, 
Charles E. Hovey, David Pollock, Oliver O. Howard, C. T. 
Christensen, Wm. Hemstreet, Jacob C. DeGress and John 
W. Sprague were appointed the committee. 

At this point. General Howard, being obliged to 
leave, called Vice-President Rusk to the chair, and speak- 
ing began under the five minute rule. General Cyrus 
Bussey occupied his five minutes, when it appeared that 
the time allowed the Army of the Tennessee for holding 
its reunion in the Grant Tent had expired, and that the 
9th Corps was entitled to possession. Accordingly, the 
First Reunion of the Army of the Tennessee was 
declared adjourned without day, but not until, on the 
motion of Major Carroll, a resolution of thanks to the 
Chairman of our Committee of Arrangements, General 
Hovey, had been adopted by the meeting. Major Carroll 
accompanied his motion with a short speech. 

While the veterans were separating, or were about 
to separate, Mrs. Addie L. Ballon addressed them in the 
interest of army nurses, of Avhom a number were present. 
Mrs. Mary A. Bickerdyke (Mother Bickerdyke), Aunt 
Becky Young, Mrs. Emily E. Woodley, Mrs. Anna E. 
Gridley, Miss Harriet Dame, Mrs. Harriet E. Guest and 
Mrs. Florence Lithgow. 

"On the whole," says the Post, "this was one of the 
most remarkable gatherings ever held at any encamp- 
ment, and one which can scarcely be equalled again." 

In addition to the thousands of survivors of Donel- 
son, Shiloh, Vicksburg, Chattanooga, the march to the 



ARMY OF THE TENNESSEE. 9 

sea — tlionsands now engaged in all the walks of life, far- 
mers, artisans, cabinet ministers, governors of states, 
judges of courts, lawyers, legislators, doctors, clergymen, 
authors, journalists, presidents of learned institutions, 
chiefs of great industrial and transportation enterprises, 
generals in the army, commanders in the navy^ — in addi- 
tion to tliese veterans was another class, who lent a 
grace to the assembly by their presence. They were 
widows, wives and daughters of the men who made the 
circuit of the insurgent States in 186165 — Mrs. John A. 
Logan, Mrs. Wm. B. Hazen, Mrs. Charles Ewing, Mrs. 
Chas. E. Hovey, Mrs. Russell A. Alger, Miss Alger, Mrs. 
Tho. C. Fletcher, Mrs. Eugene A. Carr, Mrs. Wm. F. 
Tucker, Mrs. F. M. Sterrett, Mrs. Wm. Hemstreet, Mrs. 
8. N. Hoyt, Mrs. Fletcher White, Mrs. B. F. Chase, and 
others. 

It was nearly seven o'clock when the proceedings 
were finally brought to a close, and the great Reunion 
became a thing of the past. As before stated, the ad- 
journment was without day, but subject to the call of 
the President. Wm. T. Clark, 

Secretary. 



10 FIRST REUNION UF 



Reporters' Notes, Addresses, lite. 



Grant Tent, Grand Army Place. I 
Washington. I). C, 2'2d September, 189'2. \ 

The survivors of the Army of the Tennessee, wlio 
assembled in tlie Grant tent, on Grand Army Place, 
sonth of the Executive Mansion, in the city of Washing- 
ton, Thursday, September 22, 1892, were called to order 
at ;^:3() I'. M., by General Charles E. Hovey, who there- 
upon invited Rev. Major Kdgar A. Hamilton to offer 
prayer. 

When tlie reverend gentleman had concluded, the 
bugle sounded tlie assembly call and the reveille, after 
which General Hovey delivered a l)i-ief address of wel- 
come. 



GENERAL HOVEY'S ADDRESS. 

Syrrivofs of the Aniii/ of the Tenne><^ee, and Comrades: 

It has fallen to my lot, as chairman of your committee 
of arrangements, and on behalf of the good people of 
this District, to bid you welcome, and I do so most heart- 
ily. This beautiful city of Washington, and of Lincoln, 
is glad to see you now and was glad to see you twenty- 



Charles Edward Hovky mow \\y on a farm in Thet- 
ford, Vt.. where he was born in 1827. He graduated from 
Dartmouth College in 1852: engaged in educational work to 
1861; voUinteered in August. '(51. as a common soldier to aid 
in suppressing the Rehellion; was ai)|)oinled Colonel of tlie 
3M Illinois Infantry; commanded the Regiment at the hattle 
of Frcdericktown, Mo.; superintended the erection of 
•"Fort Hovey" at Ironton. Mo.; was assigned to the com- 
mand of a Brigade: won promotion to the rank of Brigadier General at the 
battle of Cache River, Ark., where his advance, less than ■")()() strong, ran up 




ARMY OF THE TENNESSEE. 11 



seven years ago. Its rank as tlio Capital of an undivided 
and great Republic- it owes in part to your services. 

The army in which these services were rendered was 
not, it may be, a very large army, measured by numbers, 
but was certainly very respectable in size, measured by 
what it accomplished. 

It was also a fortunate army — fortunate in its great 
Captains, Grant, Sherman, McPherson, Logan. Howard — 
fortunate in its great battles, Donelson [voices, ''we were 
there"], Shiloh ["there too'M, Champion Hills [''yes "J, 
Missionary Ridge ["yes"], the hundred days battle from 
Chattanooga to Atlanta ["yes"] — fortunate also in its 
lesser combats, Fredericktown (I never omit little Fred- 
ericktown, not only because it was first in time, but 
because of IVIajor Gavitt's dashing cavalry charge), Cor- 
inth, luka, Arkansas Post, Fort IVIcAllister and hundreds 
more — fortunate in its famous marches — very fortunate, 
also, in the good fellowship that existed among its officers 
and in the absolute confidence between officers and men 
— but most fortunate of all in the liigh order of intelli- 
gence, the adventurous spirit, the indomitable courage 
of its rank and file. 

Such an army, with such leaders, and such a record, 
would be likely to be welcome anywhere; certainly its 
survivors aw vv^elcome here, in this federal city, which 
they helped to maintain as the one capital of all the 
States. 

Of our Army's five commanders, four have passed 
over to the camping grounds on the other side. One only 



'"against about o,000 effectives" under General Rusk, and defeated them. 
"They retreated," says the Rebel reports, " in iireat disorder aeross White river." 
(.Teneral Steele says, "they did not stop runnini;- until they liad gone S miles 
south of Litlle Rock," Hovey commanded the Bri:^:ide on the extreme left of 
Sherman's army at the Battle of Chickasaw Jiaj-ou and the Brigade on the 
extreme right of McClernand's army at the capture of Arkansas Post, where he 
was twice wounded. He was brevetted a Ma jor-General for "■gallant and 
meritorious conduct in battle, partictilarly at Arkansas Post." Since the war he 
has resided in W^ashington Cit}', engaged in tlie practice of law. 



1:^ FIKST RKI'MON OF 



is left, or part of one. perliaps I should say — so mncli of 
him as our friends, the enemy, were kind enough not to 
shoot away; and I now have the pleasure of nominating 
this sole survivor, General Howard, for presiding officer 
of this reunion, and as our President for one year and 
until his successor is elected. [Nomination concurred in]. 

And I also nominate George W. Glark of the 18th 
Corps. Bernard G. Farrar of the 15tli Corps. Grenville M. 
Dodge of the UJth Corps, and Jeremiah M. Kusk of the 
17th Corps for Vice-Presidents; and Wm. T. Clark, our 
old Chief of Staff, for Secretary — all to serve for one 
year, and until their successors are elected. [Nomina- 
tions concurred in]. 

And n.ow, Conu'ades. there is, of course, no need for 
me to introduce your President-elect, your old Com- 
mander. General Howard. You all know him. He is 
here, and will speak for himself. 



GENERAL HOWARD'S ADDRESS. 

J//'. ChairiiKin. Ladies anil Genthmen, Comrades: 

The instant my mind falls on "the Army of the 
Tennessee,'' or '' tlie Society of the Army of the Tennes- 
see," I think of him who organized it, and of his i)eculiar 
characteristics, General U. S. Grant. 

Oliver Otis Howaud was born ia Maine in 1S30 and graduated from West 
Point Military Academy in 1S54. He was at one time assistant professor of 
matliematics in that institution. His first military service was in the Florida or 
Seminole Indian "War. He entered the volunteer service in 1861 as Colonel of 
ihe Third Maine Infantry and participated in the first battle of Bull Run, the 
seiye of Yorktown, the battles of Fair Oaks (where he lost his right arm), 
Antietam, Fredericksburg. Chancellorsville, Gettysburg, Missionary Ridge, 
Atlanta, and many others. He rose from Colonel to Major-General. and trom 
the command of a Regiment to the command of an Army. ' When rebellion 
had ceased he was placed in charge of the Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen and 
Abandoned Lands. He has since been superintendent of the Military Academy 
and has commanded, successively, the Dejiartment of the Columbia and of the 
Platte, and the Military Divisions of the Pacific and of the Atlantic. He is now 
a Major-tJeneral in the Regular Arm}'. He has received the honorary degree of 
i^L. D. from at least three colleges. 



ARMY OP' THE TKNNIOSSEK. • 18 

The ditjtinsuisliing feature of all his campaigns and 
battles is, that he never stood on the defensive, or, 
rather, that he always took the offensive, as most of you 
will remember he did at Belmont, at Donelscdi, Fort 
Henry — yes, even at Shiloli : it was an offensive march I 
There the enemy was prompt to strike, or he would have 
been first struck. Again the same thing, the aggressive 
feature, occurred at Vicksburg, at Chattanooga, and all 
the way from the Rappahannock to Petersburg, winding 
up at Appomattox. There was vigor, persistency and 
final success. 

1 heard a member of the Army of the Tennessee, in 
the ranks, say that all he wanted to satisfy him in any 
movement, was to see General Grant, and he could 
always recognize him by seeing the back of his head. 

I next think of General Sherman, and the vigor of 
his operations with his army ; and who can forget his 
superb peronality? The large minded, large Jiearted, 
beloved Sherman ! 

Then the next commander, the talented McPJierson. 
It appeared to be my fate to follow McPherson. He was 
cadet quartermaster [at West Point]; so was I, the next 
year. He was President of the Dialectic Society; so 
was I in succession. He commanded the Army of the 
Tennessee ;. and after his death, and a few days interval, 
then, by the reconnnendation of Sherman and Thomas, I 
came to follow him in the command. During the inter- 
val, General John A. Logan first successfully finished 
the battle of the 22d of July, and then held his. McPher- 
son's, position till my assignment. Who does not 
remember Logan ? A name which is a household word 
throughout the land. My recollections of him are filled 
with mingled feelings of gratification and sorrow. Grati- 
fication that we knew each other ; that we rode side ])y 
side hundreds of miles in the march from the sea through 
the Carolinas. I think of him in liattlel The battle 
roused him to his utmost activity and energy. When he 



14 KIKST KHUN ION OF 



uMVt' ail oid.T. that order was sure to be at once obeyed. 
\\'<- liave sorrow tliat he is gone— to participate no more 
witli us iu these yrand occasions. But I may say of him, 
as I said of Shcriiiau shortly before his death, and in his 
presen<v, - lie will never die !^' Sherman declared, "My 
body will die:*" ''But," 1 sai<l: ''Your body, General, 
is not you."" Grant lives, Sherman lives, Logan lives, and 
(iod !4raut. comrades, tliat we may so live as to meet 
1 1ll-Ill auaiii. 

It was my good fortinu^ to command the army we 
repfeseiit. the army reinvsented here to-day, in the final 
operations about Atlanta : then from Atlanta to the sea, 
and on through tlie Caroiinas, till the last battle at Ben- 
tonville. We marched thence, you will remember it, 
romrades. with great rapidity, averaging 25 miles a day, 
all the way from Raleigh to Richmond, Va. You came 
on, over-land, from Richmond and finally, 27 years ago, 
passed in review before the President's stand. 

To-day a remnant has doiu^ the same. I myself rode 
in the colinnn. and then passtnl to the reviewing stand 
and watched the veteran ranks. The march Avas difi'er- 
ent. Behold aged frames, trembling knees, decrepid 
Ixxlies, often putting on an assumed vigor, a strength not 
real. It was hard for the flag-bearers to keep up their 
l)anners, yet tln^y did it from the indomitable resolu- 
tion of tlieii- hearts. The contrast is affecting between 
the then and the now ; but comradeship makes us to-day 
proud and satisfied. We cannot but feel so, as we look 
around us in the Nation's Capital. 

As we look upon yonder monument but recently 
completed ; as we look ui)on the parks, the avenues, the 
streets nicely paved, the circles studded with monuments 
of oiii' heroes ; as we look upon the Capitol and remem- 
ber that the glorious statue of liberty was not there and 
could not be there properly until after the war; as we 
look ui)on these and other reminders of the Nation's 
growth and greatness, do wc; not rightly take to ourselves 



ARMY OF THE TENNESSEE. 15 

the credit that the Army of the Tennesse hir,i,^ely con- 
tributed to the preservation of our common country? 
That but for us and our other comrades in arms this 
Republic would have been torn into shreds ? 

Conn-ades, we shall probably not meet a.^ain, cer- 
tainly not all of us, in the Capitol of the Nation. May 
we not meet in the bright, beautiful land where a large 
part of our fellowship has already been inaugurated? 

The President's address was followed by "■ Recollec- 
tions of the War," played by the Wausau Band of Wis- 
consin, and tlien came an address on behalf of the 13tli 
Army C/orps. 

Upon introducing Colonel Matthews to speak for the 
13th Corps, General Howard, whose advent in the neigh- 
borhood of the Army of the Tennessee happened to be 
after this corjis had been detached and sent away, 
remarked jocosely, that the 13th Corps had hitherto been 
somewhat of a myth to him, but he was now glad to be 
able to introduce so accomplished and substantial an 
individual as Colonel Matthews to represent and si)eak 
for it on this occasion. 



COLONEL MATTHEWS' ADDRESS. 

Comrades: 

Your worthy Chairman, in introducing me as a rep- 
resentative of the 13th Army Corps, facetiously remarked, 
after sizing me up, that he had always regarded the 13th 
Army Corps as a "kind of a myth." If he will take the 



Colonel A. C. Matthews is 5o years old, and was 
born in Illinois. He was graduated from Illinois College 
in 1855. and at once commenced the st.idy of law in the 
ofHce of Milton Hay, at Pittsfield, Illinois. He was 
admitted to the bar in 1858, and continued the practice 
until he entered the military service. He enlisted as a 
private soldier in the 99th Illinois Regiment, was soon 
commissioned Captain, and regularly went through the 




H] FIRST REUNION OF 



stal. ■111. -Ills I will make as liistory, and I firmly believe 
tlicy aiv. or should Vx*. lie will conclude before I am 
throu.Lrli tliat lie was mistaken, and that that corps Avas 
no "Hiytli." I want to state to you in advance of what I 
may say. that no bcttci' body of hkmi ever assembled in 
this country than the trooi)s composing that corps. The 
<()i-ps itself was first connnanded by General Grant. At one 
time it numbered over 90, 000 men, and was the first corps 
(•ar\('d oul and well understood and known in the west, 
to my knovlcdgc. The trooi)s had fouoht at Fort Henry, 
Dont'l^^on, Shiloli and Corinth, and on the 11th day of 
January. 1803, took Arkansas Post. Shortly before that, 
liowever, the corps had been divided into four corps, viz: 
the 18th. 15th, lOth and 17th, and when so divided they 
were organized and known as the Army of the Tennes- 
see. Tliat army was under the immediate personal com- 
mand ol' General Grant himself. 

The Army of the Tennessee, thus organized, assem- 
hli'd on the west bank of the Mississippi river at Milliken's 
Bend and vi('inity, in the spring of 1863, bent on captur- 
ing Vicksliurg and opening the Mississippi river. In the 
advance the 18th Army Corps took the lead. It was the 
fiist at Pcikius' Plantation; it was the first at New Carth- 
age: it was the first to take up its line of march to Grand 
(tuU". It held itM'lf in readiness for action during the bom- 
l)ardment ol" tliat I )lace all day. but the gun-boats failed to 
silence tlie enemy's batteries. It crossed the Peninsula 
and sti-iick the river below on the 80th of April, and on 
the evening of that day crossed to the east bank, and was 



several irrades of promotion iiiuil he reached the Colonelcy of his regiment, in 
ilie fall of isci. He continued with his command until it was mustered out in 
IHCm Ml' then resumed the practice of law, which he has kept up ever since, 
with occasional intervals, during which he has held public position. He was 
Supervisor (.finternal Revenue in IHTo and 1876. and was assigned to dutjMn 
Illinois. Michigan and Wisconsin. Has been Judge of the Circuit Court, and 
wa.s Six'akcr of the :«ith General Assembly of Illinois, and at this time he is 
First Comptroller of the Treasury, having been appointed by President Harri- 
son carU in 1i?s!i. 



ARMY OF THE TENNESSEE. 17 

the first to land and gain a footing on the east side of the 
river. It was current rumor, which ripened into 
history, that General Grant desired to plant his army 
below Vicksburg. He firmly believed if he could 
once get a foothold on solid ground east of the river, 
that Vicksburg would be his. He intended to go 
between Vicksburg and Jackson, and if possible, in- 
duce Johnson or Pemberton, or both, to come out in 
the open country and offer battle, in which event 
he hoped to succeed and avoid anything lik'^ a long siege 
or an extended campaign. To the end that he might get 
that foothold and consummate his well-laid ])lans, the 
13th Army Corps was the first to land (followed, of course, 
by the balance of tlie Army of the Tennessee), the first 
to meet the enemy, and the first to rout the enemy and 
gain a victory. 

This was the battle of Port Gibson. You will remem- 
ber the fight commenced a little after 12 o'clock, possibly 
about 1 o'clock in the morning. It was commenced by 
the enemy firing on the 21st Iowa Regiment. The regi- 
ment that I w^as with was the next in line. A skirmish 
was kept up until the moon went dow^n, and both arm-ies 
rested on their arms. At early dawn, the right of the 
13th Corps was put into action, and by noon the enemy's 
left had been doubled up on his right; he had lost his 
artillery, and the victory was substantially ours. He 
made a stubborn resistance, however, on his right in front 
of Osterhaus, who commanded one division of the 13tli 
Corps. That was about the condition of affairs when 
General Logan, commanding a division of the 15th 
Corps, came on the field. I beg to assure you that we 
were glad to see that gallant commander from Illinois. 
-The fight grew hot in a moment, and in a short time the 
vi(-tory was ours along the entire line. In that engage- 
ment the loss fell principally upon the 13tli Corps, because 
it was its duty, anrl if you will [lermit the expression, its 



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,,|ra>mv. to l.'ad tli.' (iulit. The loss was 858 in killed 
aii'l \v<»iiii(lt'(l. 

TIu- next engagement in wliieli this corps took a 
l„oiiiiiiriit i)art was on tlie ICth of the same month, at 
Chanii'ioii U\\\^. The brnnt of that battle, which ^Yas 
OH.- of the most severe of the campaign, fell upon that 
-rand ( )1(1 Roman. General Hovey, from Indiana. He had 
a magnificent division, and he was a magnificent officer. 
The fight commcncecl early in the morning and continned 
milil ahont 4 (/clo<;k in the evening, when the enemy 
was ronted. I am satisfied that the Confederates vastly 
ontnnmhered our men, although we had enough men in 
the vicinity, who. in my judgment, might have been put 
into the fight to outnumber tliem. The battle was in an 
open wliite oak timber, with hills and valleys. The 
ground was fouglit over two or three times during the 
day. And here again, as the l)attle became the hottest, 
Logan came in on the left and rear of the enemy and 
caused a stampede, which resulted in their overwhelm- 
inu" defeat. In tliat engagement our loss was 2,457; and 
here permit me to call attention to your worthy presiding 
officer's remark, and state that that was no "mythical 
engagement. " 

The l.'itli Army Corps was immediately put in pur- 
suit of the fleeing enemy, and at sunrise the next morn- 
ing, wiiicli was on Sunday (and 1 remember it well, for I 
liad a sort of superstition about going into battle on 
Snnday), we overtook them at Black River Bridge. It 
was sti'ongly fortified with a line of ^vorks located right 
behind tlir l)ayou. in a ])end of the Black river. A 
brigadt'. un(h'r the connnand of General Carr, who I 
notice occupies a seat on this platform to-day, was massed 
on tlie enemy's left and charged the works. The assault 
was successful, although the loss was very great, in a 
force so small. Here (Vjlonel Kinsman, of Iowa, fell, and 
tlie loss in the assault itself was over 200 out of a single 
])rigade. W(^ captured tlie enemy's works, with his artil- 



ARMY OF THE TENNESSEE. 19 

lery, and but for the celerity of liis movements in burn- 
ing his bridges, we would have reached VickFburg on 
that day, and probably captured the city. This battle 
was fought entirely by the 13th Army Corps. The killed 
and wounded on our side were 278. We pursued the enemy 
rapidly, and we became in that pursuit the left wing of 
the army. On our right was the 15th Army Corps, and 
still on the right of that w^as the 17th Corps. We all 
reached Vicksburg about the same time, and lapped 
around the city from the Yazoo river to a point near the 
Mississippi "river. There was heavy skirmishing on the 
18th, heavy fighting on the 19th, 20th, 21st, and on the 
22d, as you will remember, the great assault was made, 
which resulted in our repulse. 

How well our corps performed its duty, I am not 
here to speak. My judgment is that all hands did tlie 
best they could, under the circumstances. I know 
whereof I speak when 1 say that the 13th Army Corps 
planted its banners on the outer works of the enemy and 
held them until four o'clock in the evening. I do not 
pretend to say that there was a lodgment made inside of 
the enemy's works. The fact is, we were on one side of 
the breast-works, and they were on the other, and 
General McClernand, who conunanded that corps, 
believed that his troops had made a lodgment, and that 
if he had fresh troops to reinforce him the city could be 
captured. That intelligence was conveyed to him by his 
division and brigade commanders, and he conveyed it to 
General Grant and insisted upon having reinforcements 
sent to him. The reinforcements w^ere sent ; the second 
assault was attempted ; it was unsuccessful. The bal- 
ance of it you all know. The loss of the entire army in 
that campaign, in killed and wounded, was 8,219 on our 
side. These figures speak for themselves, and they 
tell you where the battle was greatest. 

For the corps I represent, I claim nothing but the 
performance of duty. To the other forces which com- 



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l„,sr(l tliat KHiiid army, I accord the higheyt possible 
iiuhmI of praise. 

After the surrender of Vicksburg, we were sent with 
tlie ITth Corps to Jackson. Mississippi. We Laid siege to 
tliat town and soon captnrcHl it. We returned with our 
victorious eagles, if you will allow me the expression, to 
Vicksburg, and there we found an order awaiting us 
temporarily severing our connection with the Army of 
the Tennessee, and sending us down the Mississippi 
river to the Gulf of Mexico. We were scattered along 
the shore of the Gulf from Brownsville to Indianola. 
'IMiis cii(lc(l our connection with the Army of the Ten- 
nessee, so far as being with it in its long marches and 
splendid victories ; but I want to say to you that when 
we heard of your victories and your successes, our voices 
were raised in gladness and our liearts in joy over your 
grand achievements. We watched your march to Chat- 
tanooga : we re-echoed yovu- shouts of victory at Mission 
Iiidge and Lookout Mountain ; we went with you to 
Atlanta, fiom Atlanta to the Sea, and from there to 
this city, and our hearts were with you when General 
Logan commanded and you passed in Grand Review in 
this city in 1S()5. No historian can ever overdraw^ 
the ext)loits of the Army of the Tennessee, nor will any 
|K)et ever l)e able to exaggerate its suc(;esses and tri- 
umphs. 1 attribute these gi-eat successes largely to its 
^•reat connuander. No man wiio ever marched under a 
llai-'- was a greater soldier than General Grant. He 
-I'fiiH'il lo understand, from the time he demanded an 
uiict)nditional surrender of the forces under Buckner at 
Fort Dondsoii. the key-note to the situation. He 
l><"li«'\<'d the oidy way to success was to march against 
the cnciiiN . and when he found him to capture him. If 
you will allow me a homely exi)ression, ''He brought his 
Lranie into camp; he strung his fish,"— he destroyed 
CoidVdi'iale armies. I hive always believed that a 
drawn battle was simply a mutual defeat, neither side 



ARMY or THE TENNESSEE. 21 



gaining- anything from it ; it was a'great slaughter and 
no advantage resulted to either. Grrant fought few such 
battles. It may b3 invidious to say so, but I have always 
believed, if he had commanded the forces at Gettysburg, 
Lee would never have crossed tlie Potomac, and the war 
wouhl have ended there and then. 

I was not introduced to make a speech on the sub- 
ject of tjie war, nor to ,give a history of it, but before I' 
take my seat permit me to inquire, what was this all 
about ? Why this vast expenditure of money ? Why 
should there be killed of the youth of this country six or 
seven hundred tliousand, and cripples made of that 
many more ? It was to the end that ''the Grovernment 
of the people, by the people, and for the people," should 
not perish from the earth. 

By your manly conduct and soldierly bearing, you 
have dispelled a groundless fear that prevailed at one 
time, that when the army was disbanded it would fall into 
idleness. When mustered out, a battle for bread was 
before you. That battle has been fought and won. You 
have returned after an absence of twenty-seven years to 
the scene of the Grand Review, greater and better men, 
with, I doubt not, a willingness to again respond to the 
country's call, if it should be made. May such a necessity 
never again arise. In your return to your homes you 
take the best wishes of the people of this beautiful Capi- 
tal City, as you have mine for your kind attention. . 



At the conclusion of Colonel Matthews speech three 
rousing cheers were given for the 13th Army Corps, on 
motion of General Howard, the Chairman. 

As soon as quiet was restored, little Miss Florence 
C. Lee, daughter of the drummer of the 13th Illinois 
Infantry, recited an ode entitled "The Drummer Boy of 
Mission Ridge." 



22 FIRST EEUNION OF 



Undor tli(' lead of Comrade Lot Abraham, the sur- 
\ Ivors HOW rose and sang — 

MARCHING THROUGH GEORGIA. 

Bring the good old bugle boys! we'll sing another song, 
Sing it with a spirit that will start the world along — 

Sing it as we used to sing it, fifty thousand strong, 
While we were marching through Georgia. 

(jiioKus — -'Hurrah! Hurrah! we bring the Jubilee! 

Hurrah! Hurrah! the flag that makes you free!" 
So we sang the chorus from Atlanta to the sea, 
While we were marching through Georgia. 

How the darkeys shouted when they heard the joyful sound ! 

How the turkeys gobbled which our commissary found ! 
How the sweet potatoes even started from the ground, 

While we were marching through Georgia. 

Chorus — "Hurrah! Hurrah! we bring the Jubilee," etc. 

Yes, and there were Union men who wept with joyful tears, 
When they saw the honor'd flag they had not seen for years, 

Hardly could thev be restrained from breaking forth in cheers 
While we were marching through Georgia. 

Chorus — "Hurrah! Hurrah! we bring the Jubilee,'' etc. 

"Sherman's dashing \'ankee Boys will never reach the coast!" 
So the saucy rebels said, and t'was a handsome boast. 

Had they not forgot, alas! to reckon with the host, 
While we were marching through Georgia? 

Ciioi{US — "Ilurrali! Hurrah! we bring the Jubilee,"' etc. 

So we made a thoroughfare for freedom and her train. 
Sixty miles in latitude — three hundred to the main ; 

Treason fled before us, for resistance was in vain, 
Wiiilc we were marching through Georgia. 

Chorus — "Ilurrali I Hurrah! we bring the Jubilee," etc. 



ARMY OF THE TENNESSEE. 23- 

Upon introducing General Eugene A. C'arr to speak 
for the 16tli Corps, the President called attention to the 
distinguished part General Carr had borne in at least 
three different corps, including the 16th, and congratu- 
lated him upon his recent promotion to the rank of Brig- 
adier General in the Regular Army, as a late, though 
substantial recognition of his efficient and gallant record. 



GENERAL CARR'S ADDRESS. 

I sometimes fear that I do not fairly belong to this 
army, because I did not march through Georgia, and I 
have hesitated to buy a liadge 

It seems, liowever, that I am to have the proud honor 
of speaking- for the noble 16th Army Corps. I will not 
dilate upon my want of ability; you will readily per- 
ceive it. 

The corps was created December 18, 1862, and com- 
manded by Stephen A. Hurlbut, a native of South Car- 
olina, a patriot, a soldier, a scholar and a gentleman. I 
have not had time to trace its history from its creation. 
I had the honor to command its left wing, with head- 
quarters at Corinth, during the absence of General 
Dodge, for about six weeks, in the fall of 1868. guarding 
the Memphis and Charleston railroad. This left wing 

Eugene A. Carr was born in New York. March 20. 
1830. and is a graduate of the Military Academy at West 
Point. For more than forty years he has been in active 
military service, most of the time in the field. He is deco- 
rated with scars by Apaches' arrows and rebel bullets, and 
he holds five brevet commissions for gallantrj\ He partic- 
ipated in the battle of Wilson's Creek, was thrice wounded 
at the battle of Pea Ridge, and commanded a division in 
the Vicksburg campaign. He also commanded the left wing of the 16th Corps in 
the fall of 18(i8. Later, he commanded the District of Little Rock and the 
cavalry on the Camden expedition. He took part in the assault on Spanish 
Fort and the capture of Mobile. Since the Civil War, he has been on numer- 
ous expeditions against the Apaches and other hostile Indians, in Arizona, in 
New Mexico, and on the Yellowstone. He was lately. .July. 1892. promoted 
to the rank of Brigadier General in the regular army. 




24 FIRST KK UNION OF 



wi^iit with Shri'iuaii, under Dodge, who is here to speak 
f.pr it. The rest went with A. J. Smith. The first divi- 
sion. ini(h'r Mower, arrived April 3, 1864, at Grand 
Kcore. La. Mower was one of tlie most distinguished 
(xenerais of the war. of wliom others will speak. 

The services of this part of the corps are given in 
(General Grant's final report, much more tersely than I 
can hope to narrate them, and I will read, commencing 
on page 82, Rebellion Records, Series 1, Vol. 34, part 
first: "'Tlie troops under General Smith," (old A. J.), 
'•comprising twT) divisions of the 16th and a detachment 
of the 17th Army Corps, h^ft Vicksburg on the lOth of 
March and reached the designated point on Red river 
one day earlier than that appointed by General Banks. 
The Rebel forces at Fort DeRussy, thinking to defeat 
him. h'ft the Fort on the 14tli, to give him battle in the 
open field; but wliih' occupying the enemy with skir- 
mishing and demonstration. Smith pushed forw^ard to 
Fort DeRussW, which had been left with a weak garri- 
son, captured it, with 350 men, eleven pieces of artillery 
and many small arms. Our loss was but slight. On the 
ir)tli lie pushed forward to Alexandria, which place he 
readied on the 18th. On the 21st he had an engagement 
witli tlie enemy at Henderson's Hill, in which he defeated 
liim, capturing 210 i)ris()ners and four pieces of artillery. 
He again attacked and defeated the enemy under the 
Rebel (General. Taylor, at Cane River." 

'Hie corps also took a prominent part in the* two bat- 
tles at Pleasant Hill, La., and assisted in building the 
ived river dam, which saved Porter's fleet. 

Continuing, Grant says, page 33: "Before starting 
General A. J. Smitlfs troops back to Sherman, General 
Canby sent a part of them to disperse a force of. the 
enemy that was collecting near the Mississippi river, 
(leneral Smith met and defeated this force near Lake 
Chicot on the 5th of June. Oar loss was 40 killed and 
70 wounded;* And page 315: "Major General A. J. 



AKMV OF THE TENNESSEE. 25 

Smith, with tlie troops of the Army of the Tennessee, 
that had been sent by General Sherman to General 
Banks, arrived at Memphis earl.v in June, 1864, on their 
return from Red River, wliere they had done most excel- 
lent work. He was directed by General Sherman to 
immediately take the offensive against Forrest. This he 
did. with the promptness and effect wdiich has character- 
ized his whole military career. On July 14th he met the 
enemy at Tupelo, Miss., and whipped him badly. The 
fighting continued through three days. Our loss was 
small compared to that of the enemy. Having accom- 
plished the object of his expedition, General Smith 
returned to Memphis." Page 83: ''About the last of 
August, it being' reported that the Rebel General, Price, 
with a force of 10.000 men, had reached Jacksonport on 
his way to invade Missouri, General A. J. Smith's com- 
mand, then en route from Memphis to join Sherman, 
was ordered to Missouri." 

Here they served 'till November, in the States of 
Missouri. Kansas and Arkansas, engaging in many fights, 
but mostly marching. 

General Grant continues, page 38: "As soon as it 
was ascertained that Hood was crossing the Tennessee 
river, and that Price was going out of Missouri, General 
Rosecrans was ordered to send to General Thomas the 
troops of General A. J. Smith's conunand, and such other 
troops as he could spare. 

''The advance of this, re-enforcement reached Nash- 
ville on the 80tli of November, 1864. On the morning of 
the 15th of December General Thomas attacked Hood in 
position, and, in a battle lasting two days, defeated and 
drove him from the field, in the utmost confusion, leav- 
ing in our hands most of the artillery and many thousand 
prisoners, including four general officers." 

The 16th Army Corps, as such, was, however, not 
then in existence, having been dissolved November 7th. 
The troops under General Smith ^vere now ordered to the 



26 FIKST KEUNION OF 



M(.l)il(' caiiiiiai.mi. and the corps was reorganized Febru- 
ary IS, 1865. 

In the spring of 18H5 I was ordered from Arkansas 
to icport to General Canby, and on arriving at Dauphin 
ishmd. at the moutli of Mobile bay, I was assigned to 
connnand the tliird division of this corps. 

hhicaniped on the island, we enjoyed the bathing in 
the uulf and the oysters caught in the bay, as well as the 
(hiily r(\giniental and brigade drills, which were contin- 
ued up to the enemy's works. 

On the 20th of Marcli, my 35th birthday, we moved 
up Fisli river in steamboats; landed, and in two short 
marclies we mad(> a close investment of Spanish Fort and 
Blakely. 

Old A. ,1. was vei-y anxious 'till we got fairly settled 
to tlie siege. 

The Rebel gun-boats in the bay enfiladed our lines, 
and I saw a man cut in two by a piece of a big shell. 

Bluford Wilson (now practicing law in Springfield, 
Illinois), was my Adjutant General, and was only too 
l)rave I renuMul^ier once lie went in a small boat at night 
and reconnoitred the gun-l)oats and land lotteries of the 
enemy. 

We i)Tished the approaches night and day, and closing 
on the right, found it impossible to make the sap stand 
in tlie soft ground at tlie bottom of the ravine. I ordered 
the riglit regiment of the eighth brigade to push across, 
notiKed the others to be ready in case of a repulse, or 
sortie, and went up and reported to A. J. Smith wdiat I 
was doing, telling him that I must go back at once to my 
command: but he kept me, saying the boys were all right, 
and mixed a toddy and made me take a drink. 

I finally induced him to let me go and he Avent with 
me. Wr walked arm in arm down to the right, and 
walked right into the fort, which had been abandoned 
by the enemy, (ieiu'ral Holtzclaw commanding. 

Here was where some of the Rebels found their last 



ARMY OF THE TENNESSEE. 



ditch. They were Texans, who had been left in pits 
along their front. When our men told them to surren- 
der, they said they would never surrender to any d 

Yankees. They were told they were surrounded, etc., 
but they continued to fire and had to be killed. 

The next day an assault was ordered on Blakely. in 
i^ront of which was Steele's command and Garrard's 
division of our corps. This was a bloody battle, but 
resulted in the capture of the wdiole garrison. 

After the capture of Mobile we marched to Mont- 
gomery, Alabama, where I remained with the corps 'till 
the middle of the summer, and then went home and got 
married. 

Of course the corps was discontinued after the war. 

Old A. J. still lives in St. Louis, full of years and 
honors. Of the others, Hurlbut is in heaven. Old Dick 
Ogiesby lives in Illinois, beloved by his State and the 
whole country. Stevenson. I believe, is living. Sweeney 
died a few years ago. Bane is here. J. Kemp Mizner is 
still in the army. Kenner Grarrard is dead. John M. 
Loomis lives in Chicago, and dispenses a princely hospi- 
tality. D. C. Anthony lives at Leavenworth, and is as 
aggressive as ever. J. B. Weaver we hear of now. J. J. 
Phillips is a judge in Illinois. He was Lieutenant Col- 
onel of the 9th Illinois Infantry, but got them, or part of 
them, mounted and commanded a mounted brigade. 
William Vandever has been in public service for a long- 
time, and was elected to Congress from California, after 
going there to settle, when he was an old man. John P. 
Hawkins is Chief Commissary of the Department of the 
Atlantic, and I hope he may be the next Commissary 
General (and he is. — Rep. ) C. C. Andrews lias written a 
history of the Mobile campaign. Old Mike Lawyer, I 
believe, is living. James K. Mills is a lawyer in Missouri. 
Colonel Gondolfo is prominent in St. Louis, a member of 
the G. A. R. and Loyal Legion. Charles L. Harris, llth 
Wisconsin, is, I believe, living in Kansas. Joe Stockton^ 



o,s FlUST KKUNION OB' 



7-J(l Illinois, you always see when in Chicago. Col. D. P. 
Dyer. .-oiirnKMily called Pat Dyer, is one of the most bril- 
lijint lawyers! in Missonri. He receives, I am told, the 
largest fees of anv lawyer in St. Louis, and spends them 
freely. 

The l«')th Corps, with its varied experiences, has a 
record for service and hard fighting second to none. 

The Pi-esident : Nobody in the Army of the Ten- 
nessee ever heard the name of General G. M. Dodge 
without a thrill of pleasure. Probably of the living 
Generals there are none who contributed more largely to 
tlie grand results which we have attained, than he. 
General Sherman relied upon him, not only as a military 
officer, and one who conmianded the 16th Corps, but on 
account of liis profession as a railroad engineer. He 
went to him foi" suggestion and supervision. General" 
Dodge showed how to multiply the bridges ; to put them 
up with the least material and in the shortest possible 
time. So that ])ridges and culverts, when destroyed by 
the enemy, were rei)laced with incredible rapidity. Not 
only is his war record an excellent one. but, co-operating 
with the Government, and General Sherman in particu- 
lar, alter the war. we owe to him more than to any other 
man, the prompt uniting of coast to coast, the Atlantic 
to the Pacific. In fat^t. Dodge here led another army of 
workmen, skilled and unskilled, to victory for perma- 
nent union never to be forgotten. I take great pleasure 
in introdu<-ing General (iranville M. Dodge. 



ARMY OF THE TENNESSEE. 29 



GENERAL DODGE'S ADDRESS. 

General Howard, and Comrades of the Arini/ of the Ten- 
nessee: 

It is a great pleasure and a great satisfaction to liear 
the very complimentary and very kindly words of my 
old chief. General Howard. Every one of you can appre- 
ciate what the feeling of a soldier is to have those tilings 
said ah )nt him twenty-five years after the fact. And 
now I am not going to talk to you about the deeds of 
this corps or that corps, or much about the deeds of the 
wai-. 1) "cause you all know that in the war the Army of 
the Tennessee was a unit, and it was that good-fellow- 
ship among' us all that enabled us to always marcli for- 
ward, never back. But what strikes me most forcibly is 
the fact — probably that you do not appretnate — that it is 
not only battles that you won that gives you great stand- 

jjir^ Granville M. Dodge was born April 13. 1S81, in 

r^ w DAnvers, Mass., and graduated in 1849 at Norwich Univer- 

ii. Wy sity. He immediately went West. Was a civil engineer 

upon the Ciiicago & ]{ock Island R R. and the M. & M. 
R. R., and finally chief engineer of the Union Pacific R. R., 
upon which he made explorations west of the Misscmri from 
1853 to 1861. He was made Colonel of the Fourth Iowa In- 
fantry in May. 1861. and commanded a brigade in the Army 
of the Southwest. He was wounded at Pea Ridge and was made Brigadier 
CTeneral for sendees on that field. Was assigned to the command of the Dis- 
trict of Columbia; to tlie Second Divi.^ion of the Army of the Mississippi, 
Grant's original division; to the command of the left wing of the Sixteenth 
Army Corps and took part in the campaigns in the South. He was made Major 
General in May, 186-1. Comm inded the Sixteenth Army Corps in the field 
during the Atlanta campaign, and was wounded at Atlanta. August Iflth, 1864. 
He was assigned to the command of the Department of the Missouri November 
9th, 1864. During the years 1865-66 he made the campaigns on the plains 
against the Indian tribes. In May. 1866. he resigned from the army and re- 
sumed his position as chief engineer of the Union Pacific Road, which he 
built; afterwards building the Texas Pacific, M. K & T.. International and 
Great Northern, and the Union Pacific Lines from the Gulf to Denver, Colorado 




•30 FIRST REUNION OF 



iiii*-, but it is that you made it possible by the battles you 
fouffht and liy the tlioughts that you created among your 
own m('ml)ers tliat made them grasp great problems and 
cntt'rprises, and solve them, which enabled this country 
after tlie war to be developed from the Atlantic Ocean to 
Alaska in twenty-five years, whereas but for the war it 
would have taken a wliole century. My business de- 
man<ls have enabled me to travel from Alaska to Russia, 
and in those travels it has been my good fortune to often 
meet representative bodies of every nation. Whenever 
1 U^ave this country I always wear my army button ; and 
when tiie (luestion has been asked me to what army I 
belonged, and I told them to the Army of the Tennessee, 
1 received always as cordial a welcome as you have given 
me to-day, because army circles all over the world have 
studied your marches and victories. Then again, I do 
not know that I have ever been in any city or town of 
any importance in all this broad land, or in the Old 
World even, but what some soldier has hunted me up 
and told me he was of the Army of ' the Tennessee and 
])id me a hearty welcome. It is these things that come 
to us every day of our lives since the war that make 
your deeds grow upon us and upon the world; and this 
country does not appreciate yet what you made possible. 
And now, comradi^s, thanking you again for your hearty 
welcome, and wishing you all Godspeed, I say good-bye. 



General Noble, who had been called away during 
the early part of the meeting, returned just in time for 
his address and was heartily welcomed as he came upon 
the platform. On introducing him the President spoke 
sul)stantially as follows : 

Our review would not be complete without the 
ravalry. and I am glad indeed that General Noble has 
returned in time to say a few words in its behalf. He is 
another member of President Harrison's Cabinet— a man 
whose name has never belied him. I think you will all 



ARMY OF THE TENNESSEE. 31 

agree with me that he is one of "Nature's noblemen," 
His war services are familiar to the soldiers of this army, 
and his r'lvW services to the Nation. I take very great 
pleasure in introducing to you General Jolm W. Noble. 

GENERAL NOBLE'S ADDRESS. 

General and Comrades: 

It is delightful to meet you, the old soldiers and the 
veterans of the Army of the Tennessee. I thank the 
General for his cordial and flattering words in calling 
me to the front. He called us there in former days and 
we did not fail him. Now I am bound to respond the 
best I can at short notice upon the order of him whom 
we found in the war days and know now as one "without 
fear and without reproach." 

It is not an occasion to make invidious compari- 
sons between the different arms of the servic-e. The 
infantry, artillery and engineers all did their best 
in the war to uphold the flag; and I am proud to 
know and hear declared to-day that the cavalry arm per- 



JoiiN WiLLOCK Noble, the present Secretary of the 
Interior, was born in Lancaster, Ohio, in 1831. He 
obtained an academic education in Miami and Yale Uni- 
versities and studied law in the office of Stanberry & 
Noble, of Cincinnati. He began practice in St. Louis, 
but subsequently removed to Keokuk, Iowa, where he 
attained high rank in his profession. When the war for 
the Union came on he entered the ranks as a soldier in 
the 8rd Iowa Cavalry. He was promoted, successively, to Adjutant. Major, 
Lieutenant-Colonel and Colonel, and was brevetted Brigadier General for dis- 
tinguished and meritorious service in the field. He was at the battle of Pea 
Ridge, the surrender of Vick.sburg. the battle of Tupelo, the storming of 
Selma. the capture of Columbus, Ga., and upon the great raids under General 
James H. Wilson. He was Judge-Advocate of the Army of the Southwest and 
of the Department of Missouri, under Curtis, in 1862-3. When his old friend, 
Stanberry, was Attorney General, he accepted the appointment of United 
States Attorney for Eastern Missouri. Other than this he has held no public 
office since the war except the one he now holds. 




;^o fir>;t reunion of 

formed its duty loyally and well. It did not. it may 
l)e said frankly, become most efficient as early as 
some other arms of the service. Indeed, there was much 
for ns all to learn in those days of the war: we had 
never been soldiers, nor had military traininii': we had not 
thonirht of beinp: soldiers: and when the armies assem- 
l^lcd we were at a great disadvantage compared with the 
enemy, and none more so than the cavah-y. 

The southerner was a horseman, practiced from his 
youth. The young men and leaders in political affairs 
throughout the South rode their circuits from neighbor- 
jiood to neighborhood, and (^acli individual was well 
trained in the use of fire-arms. Their reputation was 
abroad in the land for daring and what were, in thc^se 
days, deemed peculiarly the accomplishments of a gentle 
man. It is not necessary to go into detail as to them — it 
might be regarded unkind. So it turned out that when 
upon tlu' first field of battle at Bull Kun the Black Horse 
Cavalry appeared, it was thought by all a most formidable 
forc(\ and proved itself not only threatening but destruc- 
tive in its power. When that force of cavalry was or- 
ganized, even when it appeared on the field, those who 
subseciuently formed the great body of the cavalry of the 
United States Army were at h.ome. Their horsmanship 
was practiced in driving cows afield: in carrying grist to 
mill: in breaking the colt to the saddle: in many a 
domestic eri'and, without adornment and without pre- 
tence; with no thought of glory; but with a wonderful 
tenaeit\ of jmrpose yet to be ripened into that relentless 
spirit that rode down upon and defeated the gallant 
lior.seman of the enemy, at first looking so formidable. 
When thes(> farmer boys and youngsters from the vil- 
lages and towns were brousrht into our Army of the Ten- 
nessee, you remember well how much it soon cost the 
government for sore-back horses. They had not learned 
then that the horse-- needed as much care as the man to 
make it ellicient: that it was not to be ridden except in 



ARMY OF THE TENNESSEE. 33 

the service; that it was to be carefully fed and groomed, 
but if it were well taken care of it would become the 
riders best friend. It was long before those lessons 
were learned; it took longer to learn how to marcli, how 
to subsist, how to fight on foot, and how to act independ- 
ently and at long distances from the base. It was long 
before we were armed as we should have been. In the 
first battle in which my own regiment was engaged we 
had nothing but the sabre, a few revolvers and an old- 
fashioned carbine, more dangerous to its possessor than 
the enemy. There was not wanting the skill, natural to 
our people, to use the rifle or the pistol, but invention 
had not yet awakened to surpass the enemy in the 
destructiveness of our arms, nor the nation been aroused 
to the consciousness that it was merciful to use all means 
to crush when we could no longer hope to conciliate. 

But a great evolution was occurring in the cavalry 
arm. The spirit of the corps was assuming rapidly a 
new, better and more advanced outward expression. The 
plow-boy became soon a stalwart, determined and well 
trained horseman, a well armed, well disciplined soldier, 
and with a horse in whom he believed and that believed 
in him. 

The inevitable was at last reached. The Union 
Cavalry met the Black Horse Cavalry then, and the 
author says in his book entitled, "Four years in the 
Saddle'' (I speak from memory), that from the time the 
Union cavalry was armed with Spencer carbines, the 
"seven shooters," it was impossible for the Southern 
cavalry to make a successful charge upon them. They 
attempted it once or twice, but their line melted on the 
field under the deadly fire received from the Union line. 

The cavalry of the Army of the Tennessee waged a 
varying contest with the blackest of all, the Black Horse 
Cavalry of Forrest. They met him many a time; by day, 
by night, at the outposts, in battle line; now defeated, 
again successful; whatever he gained he had to earn; 



34 FIRST REUNION OF 



whatever he lost was not the result of chance, but by the 
superior force and skill of his foe. He rode his last ride 
at Ebenezer Church, and fleeing with his body guard, 
was pursued by Wilson and liis men to the very gates of 
Sehna, and there next day surrendered; his war material 
was destroyed, his soldiers captured, he escaping down 
the river in a boat, and the flag and guidons of this 
chieftian left the field to appear no more. 

That was the fight for the standard. The Southern 
cavalier rode like a plumed knight to the field upon his 
black horse, with a defiant air, an assumed superiority, 
but was met by the friend of freedom, the patriotic and 
powerful son of the North, upon his now well trained 
charger. They met upon equal ground, all armed and 
ready; the champion of the Union, like a knight of old, 
rising in liis stirrup with battle ax aloft, clove the Con- 
federate from crown to chine and took his flag away. 
The cavalry of the Army of the Tennessee, with many a 
rapid raid, like a skillful fencer, pierced the Southern 
Confederacy througli and through, spreading terror from 
Richmond to Vicksburg. 

By the close of the war the cavalry was efficient to 
raid, to fight in line, on foot, as well as to charge and 
l>ursue. It had won its spurs, indeed, and was famous. 
There was also a mighty evolution in the genius of our 
leaders. There were Stoneman and Kilpatrick and 
Grierson. Raiding was brought to the rules of military 
art. Wlien the cavalry corps for separate service was 
conceived, organized and operated, and we beheld the 
genius and resulting fame of Pleasanton, Custer, Upton 
and Wilson, each one mounting to a higher and higher 
attainment, until "Little Phil Sheridan," the former 
Quartermaster, became, through the cavalry arm, chiefly, 
a hero of the Union, known throughout the world. Time 
does not serve to mention the names even of our heroes 
or battles. 

It was not all in the cavalry surely; there were all 



ARMY OF THE TENNESSEE. 35 

our comrades of all ai-ms marching on to greater excel- 
lence and ultimate victory. There were Thomas, How- 
ard, Blair, Logan, Meade, Sherman and Grant, our glori- 
ous generals. They and the eminent ccmimanders under 
and with them were indeed leaders of cavalry, but only 
as that was part of the armies they controlled. They 
were equally leaders of infantry, of artillery and engi- 
neers. They bore the responsibility and received the 
reward for every part. But let us not forget here to-day 
there was another chieftian that stood at the head of the 
generals, at the head of the soldiers, at the head of 
the people at home; one that inspired us all by 
a supreme genius, and embraced us all in one great heart, 
in one mighty soul; that led us all, moulded us all and 
brought us all to victory ! God bless the name and keep 
forever shining the fame of the soldier, the statesman, 
the president, the martyr, Abraham Lincoln! 

Let us rejoice, my comrades, that we have lived to 
see the day when in mighty numbers we have rehearsed 
the great review that occurred here at the Capital at the 
close of the war. We rejoiced then in a victory just 
achieved, and the results of which could not be cer- 
tainly foretold. The column has marched again over 
the same route. We have seen the old flag upon Penn- 
sylvania Avenue, reflecting the same brightness and 
receiving the same hearty cheers it did then, but by a 
much greater people, vastly more in numbers, inhabit- 
ing more states and territories, rejoicing in more 
wealth, blessed with a prosperity that no nation has ever 
before had bestowed upon it, but not more patriotic or 
less patriotic than that which sent its sons, with tears 
and prayers, into the different corps of the Army of the 
Tennessee and all the corps and armies that won the vic- 
tory of the flag. Let us rejoice that we have seen this 
day and let us return to our homes with the feeling that 
at the Capital we have renew^ed our vows to stand by the 
country, its laws and its constitution, and to hand down 



FIRST RKrxiOX i>r 



to the future the srreat> $!k>o<1 jyifb? of RevmbUoiiu J^neru 
ineut, won and ijriven to «^ by our vvUriotio fxm^father^ 

Tht Pr^himt ii^nent/ M»fmn/>: It i*^ luvttlly utH^ 
I sisiry for nie to v^ri^^ieut the next ?^v^'^*^'t'^- -^^^ memlvr^ 
of the oiUh Illinois Infantry, now her^\ will r^nnenilH^r 
liim a.< thoir ^raUant Colonel He al^> ^wmmandtHl a 
Hrii^ado and. at one tune, a ni\i^io!\ of tlus* Army of the 
l\M\nosc>oe. His war ret\>n^l is all that he or his friends 
ronld wish. Sintv the war his fortune has l>et*n nuusHial 
1 have seen him at the head of a larj^^r l^rijrade than 
any ho rouuuamhHi in action. It is a renuirkahle Hri- 
i:ath\ a Hri>:ado uvx>i\ wlu^se men\lvr^ hin\s<df at the 
hoad. all living: \ oterjuis are now jKuin^, some with sat- 
isfaotiou. some with ooM\plaint and some with Iuhh\ 
N\ ho rvMiM siUisfy the VHMtsioners of a ^ijrt^at war! No 
mail, how over, is kev>t UKm* familiar than this Commis- 
sioiuM- with our war nvoixis: no man is In^tter able or 
iiion' willin>r than ho to vlo all that the law allows to Iv 
(lono for tlu^so who risked life and health in ihMVnse i>f 
ilu iiovorunuiu in 180H>5: and no man can better ivp- 
iTstMit tlu^ ijraiul v^ld ir>th C\>ri>s, to whieh he IvIoucihI. 

romrados. 1 havt^ the >rivat pleasure of introduiMUir 
(uMioral CinvMi H. Kauui. who will now addivss you. 



AKMV OF THP: Tf:NXESSEE. 37 



GENERAL RAUM'S ADDRESS. 

Mr. Pr(t<i^Uiit. Coiiuode'-^ of the Ariiiij of tliA Temie^^ee^ 
Lad i en find Oerdle/zieti: 

1 ;uij profoiuj^ly impressed with this great assem- 
blage of old wjldiers. This is the first time since the 
war tliMt \v(' havf? had a nif^etirig distinctively composed 
of tlif i;i)jk and fih^ of th(^ Army of the Tennessee. Asa 
feature of the Natioji?il Encampment of the Grand Army 
;it \\';i-]iijiL'toii It is to me most imposing. AVe have in 
thin glial pjc.-i;iice men representing prolmbly every mil- 
itary organization of the Army of the Tennessee. We 
have as our presiding officer one of its distinguished 
fotDiii.'iiidcr.-. We ])r'iv(' one of its corps commander-^ on 
thi.-5 idalj'oriij. nu'l luany others who commanded divi- 
visions, brigades aurl regiments: Ijut aVjovp all and 
bfnoiid all we liave thousands of men here to-day whose 
glittcriuL'- loayonets were at the fore front of the great 
iii;ir<l)e.- aijfl victories of that splendid organizati(m. 

It has been assigned to me to speak to you in regard 
to tlic ir.Hi Ai-iiiy Cori.s. Wlit-ii I speak of its achieve- 
uii^iit.- it i.- (;iily as a pai-t oi the story of the great career 
of the Army of wljjrjj it formed a part. It was the good 
fortiiiif of thf 15tli Ai'iiiy Corps to be commanded dur- 

Green B. Raum was born in Illinois December 8. 
mL^^i I'^Sii, and educated at Goiconda in that state. He began 

^^H^» life as a lawyer. He entered the Union Army as Major 

^^S^^fk '>^ ^^f^ "^^^t^ Illinois Volunteer Infantry and was succes- 

^^^^f^^^ sively promoted to the rank of Lieutenant Colonel. Colo- 
^^^^^^Hn| nel. Brevet Brigadier General and Brigadier General. He 
^^BBBHF participated in the seige of Corinth, the battle of Corinth, 
the Vicksburg campaign, the battle of Missionary Ridge, 
the Atlanta campaign, the protection of railroads in the rear of Atlanta, and in 
tlie defence of Resaca. He was also with Sherman on his march to the sea. At 
the clo.se ot the war he resumed the practice of law. He was elected to Con- 
gress. He has served seven years as Commissioner of Internal Revenue and 
three years as Commissioner of Pensions. 



38 FIRST REUNION OF 



ing the greater part of its existence by two men whose 
personality made everything great with which they were 
connected— General Sherman and General Logan. Other 
officers commanded the Corps well, but these men gave 
the 15th Corps its conspicuous and irresistable bearing 
and their names are indissolubly united with its great 
career. They have gone to their final rest, as have thou- 
sands of others of the 15th Corps and the Army of the 
Tennessee, but their achievements and the achievements 
of our great Army will live in the history of this coun- 
try, and of the world, as long as patriotism and. heroism 
shall be held in honor. 

The Army of the Tennessee was especially fortunate 
in the field of operations to which it was assigned. The 
nucleus of this great Army assembled at Cairo, 111., and 
from thence to Belmont, Fort Henry, Donelson, Shiloh, 
Corinth and Vicksburg. Its career was a series of 
unbroken and extraordinary successes. They participated 
in the great task of opening the Mississippi river and all 
its tributaries, and of firmly establishing the Union 
forces along their shores. The 15th Corps, taking steam- 
bonts at Vicksburg for Memphis, made the memorable 
march for the relief of Chattanooga and participated in 
that great tliree days' battle of Look Out Mountain and 
Missionary Ridge, and performed a conspicuous part in 
driving the Confederate Army in dismay from what they 
regarded as an impregnable position. The smoke of this 
battle had scarcely lifted when General Sherman led the 
15tli Corps to the relief of Knoxville, and General Sher- 
man's appearance on the s('ene caused Longstreet. for the 
first time in his military career, to decline a combat 
and retire from the field. 

Returning to Chattanooga General Sherman marched 
westward to Huntsville, Ala., making that the winter 
headfiuarters foi- the Corps. But the restless spirit of 
tliis great military chieftain gave him no repose, and so 
he returned at once to Vicksburg and there organized 



ARMY OF THE TENNESSEE. 39 

and executed, with the ITth Corps, the famous winter 
raid upon Meridian and the railroads of central Missis- 
sippi. This task ended, he returned to Huntsville and 
organized the combined forces of the three departments 
under his command for a campaign against Atlanta, and 
who of you will forget the great movement that began 
on the morning of the first of May, 1864, when the Army 
of the Ohio and the Army of the Cumberland, and the 
Army of the Tennessee joined forces for the great work 
in hand. How promptly these armies moved, and how 
confidently their banners^ waved! They met their old 
antagonist. General Johnston, at Rocky Face Ridge, ready 
to dispute their passage over every inch of ground; but 
you will not forget the great flank movement of the Army 
of the Tennessee led by McPherson through Snake Creek 
Gap upon Johnston's rear, and how he had to abandon 
his position above Dalton, how Sherman followed 
McPlierson through the Gap, and how Resaca was fought 
and won, and the enemy again started on their career of 
retreat. 

But I cannot occupy your time to give the details of 
that three months' mighty struggle — how Kenesaw was 
stormed and that position finally taken, how the Chatta- 
hoochee was crossed and all the great railway bridges 
restored, and the railroad defended to ensure supplies to 
the army; how Atlanta was beseiged, how the battles of 
the 22d and 28tli of July were fought and won, how 
finally, by strategy so consummate that it would have 
deceived the elect, the seige was abandoned and Sher- 
man, leading his entire forces, save a single corps left to 
guard the crossings of the river, cut loose from his base 
of supplies and made a great flank movement to the 
right and seized the railroads in the rear of Atlanta, 
f ouglit and won the battle of Jonesborough, and com- 
p elled the evacuation of that great stronghold, Atlanta. 

The part borne by the 15th Corps, and the entire 
Army of the Tennessee, in that campaign is sufficient of 



40 FIKST REUNION OF 



itself to render an army famous. You will not soon for- 
,^■(4 the hasty march of Sherman in October, 1864, north- 
^var(l from Atlanta in pursuit of Hood, who, with his 
entire army, had moved to Sherman's rear for the des- 
truction of his line of communications. You will not 
forget the defense of Altoona and of Resaca, the arrival 
of Shernuui at Resaca and his pursuit of Hood through 
the gaps of the mountains until he drove him over into 
Alabama. 

Well, the enemy had left our front. Hood trans- 
ferred his operations westward into Alabama on another 
line of railway, hoping, no doubt, to lure Sherman into 
a transfer of his military ojierations into that State; but 
he was to be deceived. While yet at Kingston, as he 
was moving northward in search of Hood, Greneral Sher- 
man, by telegrai)h with General Grant, arranged for his 
great campaign to the sea, and will you forget that 
memorable event, when the armies under Thomas moved 
north, carrying with them all the surplus stores, and the 
army under Sherman marched southward, and the rail- 
way trains hurrying north bore off the soldiers, shouting 
their good byes to the men on the march — the engines — 
almost human, tooting with voices of cheer! Oh, that 
was a stirring event, and how the country waited with 
bated breath to hear from Sherman, and how, when they 
did hear, during the holidays of January, '65, that his 
march was an unbroken success, that he had captured 
Fort McAllister by assault and was in firm possession of 
the city of Savanah, where the army of the South, under 
General Foster, and the navy, under Admiral Dahlgreen, 
gave him an enthusiastic reception, they rejoiced. 

But the work was not yet done. Other long marches 
were to be made, other dangers were to be faced, other 
victories were to be won, and so in January, 1865, you 
entered upon your last great campaign through the Caro- 
linas, resulting in the surrender of General Johnston at 
Raleigh,. North Carolina; and then came into your minds. 



ARMY OF THE TENNESSEE. 41 



into your lives, and into your souls, the fact that the 
country was to have peace. Your further marches were 
not for battle, but were marches of triumph; and how 
well you remember the assembling here of the great 
armies in May, 1865, and how, upon the great avenue of 
this city, you marched with the proud step of victors and 
passed in grand review before the President, his cabinet, 
the assemblage of foreign ministers, the hosts of dis- 
tinguished ofiicers and hundreds of thousands of citi- 
zens, who turned out to witness the spectacle. 

The country was saved. The Union w^as preserved. 
The Constitution was unbroken. The flag floated in 
triumph, and you liad borne your part freely and with 
undaunted courage in that great struggle. And now, 
twenty-seven years after that event, you returji to the 
scene ot that splendid pageant to witness another, not 
with the panoply and trappings of war, but the assem- 
bling of one hundred and fifty thousand of the veterans 
of that war, upon their own motion, and you see them 
again pass along the same street, with the same sky over 
them, and with other hundreds of thousands of people 
witnessing the march of these citizens, who were once 
soldiers, in this grander review, in the peace and the 
unity of the Republic. 

You can this day have a realizing sense of the 
importance of the issues involved in that great civil war, 
and I beg to remind you that there were enlisted for that 
great struggle, 2,128,948 soldiers and 105,963 seamen and 
marines, making a total of 2,234,911 men; that of these 
1,864,998 men were enlisted for three years, and besides 
these there were 188,252 militia enlisted. What became 
of these men in that mighty conflict of arms? — 67,058 
of them were killed upon the field of battle, 280,040 
were wounded in action, and 196,629 meia were captured 
and confined in rebel prisons, making a total of 543,727 
men who were killed, wounded and captured in action, 
being almost one-fourth of the entire enlistments of the 



42 FIRST REUNION OF 



army. Besides this, 80,212 men died in rebel prisons and 
266,846 men died in hospitals, making the total death 
roll of the army 864,116 men. 

These fignres dimly outline the heroism, suffering 
and death of the men who defended the flag; but, my 
comrades, men never fought and bled in so noble a cause. 
You fought the final battle of the centuries to maintain 
the principle, that man is capable of self-government. 
You fought for and maintained the unity of the grand- 
est sub-division of the earth, which seems to have been 
destined for the planting of a great Republic, and whose 
mountains and valleys and great rivers run north and 
south, thus leaving no barriers between the north and 
south, and making, by the laws of nature, the country 
indivisable. Your sufferings and your victories have 
inured to the benefit of those against whom you fought, 
for they, too, were really as much interested in the pre- 
servation of the unity of this country as you who main- 
tained it. The Confederate cause — disunion and slavery 
— is not to be judged of by the courage, fortitude and 
self-sacrifice with which it was defended. These quali- 
ties are common to Americans. They were exhibited in 
a high degree by those who fought against us, and will 
be honored while the story of the civil war constitutes a 
part of the history of our country. But the Confederate 
cause, condemned by the civilization of the age, went 
down forever in the smoke of battle. 

Comrades of the Army of the Tennessee, I thank 
God that it fell to our lot to take part in this great con- 
test for the rights of man. We now regard the cause 
we espoused the grandest for which men ever fought. 
We now see how its success has advanced the cause of 
poi)ular government the world over, and I feel assured 
that prosperity will never cease to hold in highest esti- 
mation the results of your victories. The marvelous 
progress of this country during the past quarter of a 
century is the direct result of your achievements. :, Had 



AEMY OF THE TETinSTESSEE. 43 

you faltered, had the cause failed, what we now see of 
union and prosperity and progress would not have been. 
You and your heroric eomrades, living and dead, are 
entitled to the everlasting gratitude of this people — not 
gratitude in words, but in those substantial exhibitions 
of gratitude by which the disabled have pensions, the 
infirm have homes, the dead have burial, the widows and 
the orphans have care and education. 

And now I will close by wishing you all an agree- 
able stay while you are in Washington City, a safe return 
to your homes and long life and prosperity in a country 
which you helped to save. 



As General Raum took his seat the great tent fairly 
vibrated with ringing cheers for the grand old IStli 
Corps and the cause it fought for. 



GENERAL RUSK'S ADDRESS. 

Gen. J. M. Rusk, whose name did not aopear on the 
program, was then called upon for a speech. General 
Howard said: "He shakes his head; but if he won't 
make a speech I want him to come forward and let you 
see what sort of a looking man he is." An outburst of 
applause greeted Secretary Rusk as he stepped to the 
front of the platform, and when quiet had been restored a 
voice in the audience was heard to say something about 
the weather. "I am very glad you mentioned the 

Jeremiah McLean Rusk was born in Ohio iu 1880. 
He enlisted for the suppression of the Rebellion in the 
Tweuty-lifth Wisconsin Volunteer Infantry in 1862. and 
was subsequent!}' promoted to Major. Lieutenant Colonel, 
Colonel and Brevet Brigadier General. He participated 
in the Minnesota Indian Campaiirn, the seige of VicUs- 
burg, Sherman's Meridian expedition, the march to the 
relief of Chattanooga, the campaign from Chattanooga 
southward against Joe Johnston, and iu all the hot battles about Atlanta. On 
the 22d of July, when McPhersou fell, he was at the front and lost one third of 




44 FIRST REUNION OF 



weather," said General Rusk, "that is a very appropriate 
remark at this time. I agreed to take care of the weather 
until six o'clock on the evening of the day of the parade, 
and I fulfilled my part of the agreement. I made no 
agreement to be responsible for the weather after that 
time." The General then repeated an amusing anecdote 
told him by another General, and said that he considered 
all the remarks that had been made as applicable to the 
17th Corps, and that it was never too late for any one to 
say good things of that Corps. "I am very proud," he 
said, "that I was a member of the Corps that was led by 
the gallant Frank P. Blair, a braver soldier than wiiom 
never lived. I consider it one of the highest honors ever 
bestowed upon me that I am permitted to speak a few 
words in behalf of that noble commander, and that I am 
also permitted, in my feeble way, to pay a slight tribute 
to the character of the gallant General Joe Mower. To 
have served under such commanders as McPherson, Blair, 
Mower and the gallant General Howard, who is presid- 
ing over this meeting, and to have enjoyed their friend- 
ship and confidence is to me no slight honor. I wish 
that I had at my command, language fit to do justice to 
the records of these brave men; but unfortunately I have 
not. It is sufficient for me to say that none of them 
were ever found wanting, that each had a high and pat- 
riotic conception of the duties enjoined upon them in 
behalf of their commands, and that no duty was left 
undone. It is fitting that we do honor to our dead of 



his men. At one time, cut off from his command and surrounded by Confeder- 
ates he was ordered to surrender, but he broke through their line and escaped, 
although his horse was killed. On the march to the sea he led the advance of 
the 17th Corps and he specially distinguished himself at the battle of the Sal- 
kohatchie. He was complimented in general orders for the manner in which 
he handled his regiment. Everybody who knows his military record, concedes 
he was a model soldier. He was mustered out of the service in June, 1865. 
He has since served three terms in Congress, and three terms as Governor of 
Wisconsin, and is now Secretary for the Department of Agriculture in Presi- 
dent Harrisons Cabinet. 



ARMY OF THE TENNESSEE. 45 

the Army of the Tennessee — MePherson. Blair, Mower 
and our other In-ave comrades who have gone before us. 
It is a matter of deep regret that the grave of our 
gallant comrade, General Mower, at Arlington, remains 
unmarked. The distinguished service rendered to his 
country by General Mower is a matter of history. Dur- 
ing his army service he was breveted through every 
grade for distinguished service. All of my comrades of 
the First Division Avell remember how aggressively 
Mower fought the siege of Savannah, and the passage of 
the Salkehatchie, leading in person his skirmishers 
through the swamp on the winter's night. From this 
exposure he never fully recovered. He participated in 
the final battle of the war at Bentonville. and from the 
beginning to the closing performed every duty faithfully 
and well. I am firm in the belief that the proposition to 
erect to his memory a suitable and enduring monument 
will find a ready response in the hearts of his comrades, 
and that a suitable shaft will be erected to mark this 
gallant soldier's last resting place. 



General Howard alluded briefly to General Joseph 
A. Mower, who commanded the first division of the sev- 
enteenth corps, stating that he had been buried some 
years, that his grave was practically unmarked and that 
there was a movement to erect a suitable monument. 
He introduced Captain William Hemstreet, formerly of 
General Mower's staff, who had, in conference with oth- 
ers, prepared a resolution for tliis meeting respecting a 
monument. 



46 FIRST REUNION OF 



CAPTAIN HEMSTREET'S ADDRESS. 

Mr. President and Comrades of the Old Army of the 
Tennessee. 

How good it is to meet each other over this long 
stretch of time. Let us enjoy the hour, for it will 
quickly -pass, and we never shall all meet again on 
this eartli. General Howard has intimated that I am 
not to make a speech by his saying that I am to offer a 
resolution; but General Hovey told me, when he got up 
the resolution, to say what I pleased. A word or two of 
argument before the resolution, instead of after. And 
the meeting will please indulge and help us of the first 
division for a few minutes in a matter special to us. 
General Joseph A. Mower, who so gallantly led the first 
division, has been buried among us for twenty-two years; 
and, considering all the circumstances of his life and 
death, it is to our reproach that no suitable monument 
expressing to posterity his merits, stands at his last rest- 
ing place. All of you have heard of him favorably, but 

WiivLiAM Hemstreet, Brooklyn, N. Y., Captain and 
Brevet Lieutenant Colonel of the 18th Missouri Infantiy, 
was born in Oneida count}', N. Y. in 1834; educated at 
Whitestowu Seminary; stenographer and lawyer; a member 
of Colonel Chickering's regiment, Boston, before the war, 
and in 1861 stenographic amanuensis with the 111. Cen. R. R. 
Co. On the 19th of April, at an instant's notice, resigned to 
accept appointment of Aid-de-camp with General Swift who 
occupied and fortified Cairo. Was continued by General Prentiss during the 
three months service. Drill officer at Camp Douglass during the winter of 
18()1-G3. February 1st, 1863 enlisted as a private in the 57th Illinois Infantry 
and bore a musket at Fort Douelson and Sliiloh. At Pittsburgh Landing pro- 
moted to First Lieutenant in the 18th Missouri Infantry, to be reappointed on 
General Prentiss' staff. Promoted to Captain April 15, 1863, serving to the end 
of the war. On the staff of General Mower, First Division, 17th Army Corps, 
as Judge Advocate and Provost Marshal. Since the war, traveled throughout 
Europe, all our states and Canada, and ])nb]ished a book thereon, and also a 
i).svcliological work. 




ARMY OF THE TENNESSEE. ' 47 

we wlio served under his inspiring personal example feel 
deeply the fact that his memory seems to be ignored. 
That is not the faith of soldiers. He was once a tower 
of strength, a veritable cyclone in battle, a General of 
great usefulness and merit in those times when we all 
offered our lives and endured our hardships for the flag. 
Mower was devoted to the cause and was a leader of 
marked intrepidity and coolness. Though very dashing- 
he made no mistakes; for he had natural military 
instinct and had always been a careful student of the 
military art and science. I cannot forbear to work up 
your interest in the resolution I am about to offer by 
mention of an incident that is pregnant with interest to 
many persons present here this very hour. It was an 
example of devotion to duty, and a hardship which con- 
tributed to General Mower's early death. It was the 
crossing of the Salkehatchie at Rivers Bridge. Boys, 
how well some of you remember it. Here on this plat- 
form, accidentally meeting after all this time, are five 
officers who were upon that fatal causway. Down at 
that murderous elbow in the road, to give General Mower 
directions, there came a young general with jet black 
moustache and whiskers, the commander of the army. 
He is the grizzled veteran, General Howard, the chair- 
man of this meeting. Shells were directed at this group 
of officers and exploded all about them, hitting anybody 
always but Mower, although he would stand there, or 
sit on his horse, with his field glass, and look into the 
mouths of the cannon they were coming from. First, 
down came the 25tli Wisconsin, on tlie trot, witli guns at 
riglit shoulder, charging that bridge along the narrow 
causway that was enfiladed by a battery. At the head 
of this regiment upon his horse, towered a broad breasted 
young colonel with blazing eyes and long sandy goatee. 
His bugler was riding by his side. I can see them as 
though it was only twenty-seven minutes ago instead of 
twenty-seven years. It was charging the cannon's 



48 FIRST REUKION OF 



mouth like Lord Cardigan leading the light brigade at 
Balaklava. The batteries opened; a round shot, doubt- 
less aimed at the broad breast of that young colonel, 
ploughed through the column. Who was that colonel? I 
am not going to lose a good story nor spoil a good moral 
in consideration of anybody's modesty. That young 
colonel is now the veritable "Uncle Jerry," sitting behind 
me, the Hon. Secretary J. M. Rusk. Mower said Rusk 
was the only man that could ride as far into hell as he 
himself could. Next came down the 48d Ohio with a 
young colonel at their head, one of our American Princes 
of good family and Christian character, standing at the 
head of his column to receive the orders of General 
Mower. A shell cruelly shattered his leg. He was 
taken to a barn on the bluff, through which the cold 
wintry wind howled all night, to the dismal flickering of 
of two or three candles, and there we sawed his leg off. 
Around him in the cold and darkness, were soldiers suf- 
fering with wounds and amputations and famished for 
want of nourishment. The colonel looked about him 
upon the scene and said: "Boys, while we are suffering 
this way for our country we can realize the physical suf- 
fering of Christ for us." That colonel was Wager 
Swayne. He is here, or was a little while ago. While 
skirmishing upon the bank before we arrived at the 
bridge, I rode over the forms of an officer and his liorse 
lying upon the ground; the horse was dying, but the offi- 
cer said: "My wound is not serious, but this is the last of 
poor Bess who has carried me so long and faithfully." 
Who was hei He is Colonel Kirby, of Blair's staff. He, 
also, is upon this platform, and I have no doubt he is 
blushing like a maiden. Then wading through the 
swamp, skirmishing on either side of the causeway 
was the 18th Missouri, led by the young Colonel Sheldon 
Sargent, not a very great deal over sixteen years of age. 
He, too, is on this i^latform, but he never bluslies. He 
was my colonel. Others of you who are here remember 



ARMY OF THE TENNESSEE. 49 

that dreadful night, but we have not time to mention 
all General Mower never sent his officers or men where 
he did not lead them. Tliough the crossing of the Sal- 
kehatchie was dangerous, he was there too; tliough it 
caused suffering, lie suffered too; though it reciuired sac- 
rifice, he was ready to offer himself up. He did offer 
himself, but was not taken. All that night in the icy 
swamps he waded with his skirmishers until a lodgment 
was effected upon tlie opposite bank the next morning, 
where I broke icicles from his cloak. It was such expos- 
ures as this that shortened his life. We called him "The 
Murat of the army." I have seen him when he has wit- 
nessed a resisting line of the enemy, rise in his stiriups, 
swing his fist with excitement and exclaim: "How 
would you like to wade in there with a saber?" But his 
restless spirit is now silent. In yonder cemetery he 
sleeps. As he cannot speak for himself, his deeds and 
his comrades will now speak for him. At his death, 
General Sherman promulgated an order to the army in 
which he said he had witnessed acts of bravery by Mower 
enough to fill a volume, and that he had fully earned 
the title of General; that he was very modest and never 
spoke or wrote of himself. 



Captain Hemstreet then closed by moving the ap- 
pointment of the following named committee for the 
erection of a suitable monument at the grave of General 
Joseph Mower: Hon. J. M. Rusk, Gen. Wager Swayne, 
Col. D. T. Kirby, Gen. C. S. Sargent, Mr. B. F. Chase, 
Gen. Rosecrans, Col. Wm. P. Davis, Col. C. R. Stoddard, 
Gen. Charles E. Hovey, Capt. David Pollock, Gen. O. O. 
Howard, Maj. C. T. Christensen, Capt. William Hem- 
street, Capt. Jacob C. DeGress and Gen. John W. Sprague. 

The chairman put the motion and it was unani- 
mously adopted. 

In response to a call for General C'yrus Bussey, he 
came forward and said : 



60 FIRST REUNION OF 



GENERAL BUSSEY'S ADDRESS. 

Mr. Chairman : 

Not being on your program I did not expect to be 
lionored with an invitation to speak. It affords me great 
pleasure, however, to meet, and greet my comrades of the 
Army of the Tennessee. I am proud to have been born 
in time to have participated in the great struggle for the 
preservation of the Union, and proud that the fortunes 
of war assigned me a place with the Army of the Tennes- 
see where I had an opportunity of becoming personally 
acquainted with its great leaders, and many of the 
officers and soldiers who composed its divisions, brigades 
and regiments. I had the honor to command the Second 
Cavalry Division of the Army of the Tennessee, at one 
time attached to the 13th Army Corps, and later under 
the direct command of General Sherman. During the 
siege of Vicksburg, with these troops I served as Chief of 



Cyrus Bussey was born October 15th, 1838, in Ohio. 
Commenced business at sixteen, Settled iu Iowa in 1855. 
Was elected State Senator in 1*859. Appointed Aid de-Camp 
to Governor Kirkwood .Tune 10th, 1861. Raised the 3d 
Iowa cavalry. Commissioned Colonel August 10th, 1861. 
Commanded a brigade in the battle of Pea Ridge and on 
Curtis' campaign through Arkansas to Helena. Commanded 
District Eastern Arkansas and Second Cavalry Divison 
Army of the Tennessee. Chief of Cavalry under General Sherman in Vicks- 
burg champaign. Led advance of Sherman's army against General Joe John- 
ston Jul}', 1803. Defeated General Jackson at Canton, Miss., July 18th. 1863. 
Promoted to Brigadier General January 5th, 1864. Commanded Western 
Arkansas and Indian Territory, with headquarters at Fort Smith, 1st February, 
1865. Breveted Major General for " gallant and meritorious services " March 
13th, 1805. Mustered out September 29th, 1865. Settled in New Orleans 1860. 
President Chamber of Commerce six years. Removed to New York in 1881. 
A])pointed Assistant Secretary Department of the Intertor March 19th, 1889, in 
which jio.silion his decisions in pension cases have attracted much attention. 
His chief characteristic is the readiness with which he reaches a conclusion and 
the promptness with which he executes a purpose. 




ARMY OF THE TENNESSEE. 51 

Cavalry, and participated in that great campaign, and 
the campaign to Jackson, which resulted in the disper- 
sion of Gen. Joe Johnston's army, and the triumph of our 
arms in that part of Mississippi. The Army of the Ten- 
nessee made a glorious record. It was commanded by 
the greatest generals produced by the War of the Rebel- 
lion, Grant, and Sherman, and Sheridan, and McPherson, 
and Logan, and Rosecrans, all commanded or held com- 
mands in the Army of the Tennessee. Had the war for 
the Union been confined to the battles fought by the 
Army of the Tennessee, the history of the struggle would 
compare in magnitude and results with the greatest wars 
of European Nations. History furnishes no more bril- 
liant campaigns, or greater achievements than the capture 
of Forts Henry and Donelson ; no more desperate con- 
flict than Shiloh, where an army corps fell on each side. 
The battle of Corinth was desperately contested, while 
the campaign of Vicksburg, after the failure of numer- 
ous plans for its capture, was the most brilliant military 
achievement found in the annals of war. After months 
of trial and sufl;ering in the swamps of Mississippi and 
Louisiana, with rivers out of their banks, in a winter 
campaign, when the people of the country become ira pa- 
tient and cried out failure, our matchless leader. Grant, 
was not discouraged. At last a crisis was reached. All his 
plans had come to naught. The efforts to turn the Missis- 
sippi river into a new channel, after long months of 
labor, had failed His Corps and Division Commanders 
unanimously advised going back to Memphis, and moving 
by Granada and Jackson, to the rear of Vicksburg. keep- 
ing open conniiunication with Memphis. Grant replied: 
"Your plan will capture Vicksburg, but that is going- 
backward. The Union loving people of this country 
expects this army to go forward. You will move at 
once."" 

The story of running the transports past the bat- 
teries, the march of the army, and its transfer to the 



5'^ FIRST REUNIOK OF 



Mississippi side of the river below Grand Gulf, and the 
splendid victory at Port Gibson, and the battles of Jackson, 
Champion's Hill, Big Black River, and the bloody assault 
on the fortifications around Vicksburg, is a story of war 
without a parallel for grand strategy and heroic bravery 
in the history of military achievements. The thrill of 
joy which swept over the Nation proclaiming victory, 
and giving promise of the ultimate triumph of our cause 
has never died. We have seen it manifested here on 
these grounds and in this meeting to-day. The army 
and the liberty loving people of the Union knew we had 
found a leader for our armies who would conquer all 
foes and secure a lasting peace. 

We all remember the splendid discipline of the brave 
young men who composed the rank and file of the Army 
of the Tennessee. Grant, and Sherman, and McPherson, 
would have been powerless had they not commanded the 
most gallant men who ever wore a uniform. I think 
of them as I saw them thirty years ago. They were 
a superior body of men, imbued with a spirit of patriot- 
ism which made them willing to die for their country. 
Had they, and their comrades of the Eastern army, 
not saved the Nation it would not have been saved. 

The various calls sent out by the immortal Lincoln 
for volunteers exhausted about all the patriotic men in 
all this broad land, who were willing to volunteer to save 
the Union. Some were induced to enlist by heavy 
bounties, and at last the Nation was compelled to resort 
to a draft to recruit the army. The men of the Army 
of the Tennessee, who made its wonderful history, and 
achieved so many splendid victories, were volunteers, 
who asked nothing but to be led to the front. When I 
raised my regiment — the 3rd Iowa Cavalry — eleven hun- 
dred men responded, and were in camp, each man with 
a horse, in ten days from the day the call for volunteers 
Avas issued. After more than two years continuous 
hard service, and after a large number had been killed 



ARMY OF THE TENNESSEE. 58 



and wounded in the battles in which they liad been 
engaged, in the middle of the coldest winter experienced 
in twenty years, in a new camp, with the ground covered 
with snow, witliout any surroundings to make the men 
comfortable, in response to the President's call for vet- 
eran volunteers, I called my regiment out in mass meet- 
ing and made a short address to the men, as to the duty 
we all owed the cause until it finally triumphed in a 
preserved Union. I had kept my regiment well recruited, 
notwithstanding heavy losses, and a^30ut nine hundred 
men were present. I asked all wlio were willing to 
enlist for another three years, or during the war, to 
march three paces to the front. Seven hundred men 
promptly advanced and stood firmly in the siiow until 
their names were taken down by their company officers. 
These men were the first men of the army corps to which 
tliey belonged to enlist as veteran volunteers. Considering 
all the circumstances, the natural desire these men felt 
to return to their loved ones at home, the absence of 
excitement to influence their action and the discomfort 
they suffered, no more patriotic or gallant act was per- 
formed by any regiment during the war. 

We all remember the triumphal procession which 
marched up Pensylvania Avenue after Lee's surrender. 
The Army of the Tennesse, under its great leader, had 
completed its wonderful march to the sea. It had been 
victorious on every field. The heroes who composed its 
divisions, brigades and regiments were about to be dis- 
banded. The liberty loving people of the preserved 
Union accorded them such a welcome as was never before 
bestowed upon a victorious army. The immortal Lin- 
coln had pronounced his blessing upon the Union Army 
after Lee's surrender. With this and the gratitude of 
the Nation, they passed on to their homes, again to 
become private citizens. We all know the splendid record 
thousands of these brave men have made in the civil walks 
of life, occupying the highest offices in the gift of the peo- 



54 FIRST RP:UNI0N of army of the TENNESSEE. 

pie, State and National. Twenty-seven years have passed 
and again tlie veterans of the Grand Army of the 
Republic have assembled in Washington to greet each 
other and revive the memories of the war. Here, under 
the shadow of the great monument, erected to the 
immortal Washington, who fought for and secured to us 
liberty and a free government, in sight of the Capitol of 
the Nation, from wdiich emanate the laws which gov- 
erned us in war, in front of the White House, the home 
of our lionored comrade, President Benjamin Harrison, 
Commander-in-Chief of the Armies of the United States, 
in sight of the War and Navy Departments, from which 
issued the orders under which we all served, have gath- 
ered the men who saved the Union. Here are the army 
corps, division, brigade, regimental and company officers, 
under whom they served. Here are men who achieved 
distinction for splendid gallantry on the field of battle. 
Here are maimed and wounded veterans, whose military 
record is a part of the glorious history of the war for the 
Union, no longer soldiers but citizens of the Union they 
preserved, now grown to be the greatest, happiest and 
most prosperous Nation in the world. No such gathering 
as we now behold in Washington will ever again be wit- 
nessed in this beautiful Capitol. When we go hence it 
will be to meet in rapidly lessening numbers in other 
cities. Wherever the meeting place may be, I trust the 
Army of the Tennessee will be well represented so long 
as its survivors live. 



Gen. Bussey was frequently interrupted by applause 
as he went along, and at the close of his address was 
warmly congratulated. 



PROCKKDINOS 



FIRST REUNION 



13th: J^KylMI"^ gok.:e^s 



HELD IN MEADE TENT, 



WASHINGTON, D. C, SEPT. 22, 1892. 



AT 12.30 O CLOCK. 



THIETEENTH ARMY CORPS. 



57 



KIRST RKUNION 



13th ARMY CORPS, 

WASHINGTON, D. C, SEPT. 22, 1892, 

AT 12.30 o'clock, (MEADE TENT). 



liOCAli f^EUfHOfl COJVUVIITTEH. 



Chairman, Gen. Geo. W. Clark. 34th Iowa Inf. 
Vice Ch., Col. A. C. Mathews, 99th 111. Inf. 



Secretarj' and Treasurer, Fletcher White, 

16th Ohio Battery. 



GEflHRRIa COJVUVIITTEE. 



L. D. Alden, 33d Mo. Inf. 

R. F. Barter, lOth Ohio Inf. 

Maj. John K. Boud, 118th 111. Inf. 

B. F. Brocket, STth 111. Inf. 

Jas. Brackett. 1st Wis. Light Art. 

Henrt Billings, 46th Iiid. Inf. 

Col. H. L. Bruce. 3d 111. Cav. 

Don. C. Cameron, 1st Wis. Light Art. 

A. B. Chatfield, 33d 111. Inf. 

Maj. Chas. B. Chroninger, 34th 111. Inf. 

Maj. Horace Coleman, 46th Ind. Inf. 

Capt. E. C. Dougherty. 34lh Iowa Inf. 

Geo. Grindley, 56th Ohio Inf. 

Gen. C. E. Hovey, 33d 111. Inf. 



Capt. Frank Swigart. 46th Ind. Inf. 
Capt. J. W. Thompson, 49th Ind. Inf. 
Capt. Jas. W. Wiesner. 97th 111. Inf. 
J. R. Weathers, 49th 111. Inf. 
T. B. Wood, 38th Iowa Inf. 
W. P. WORCES ER, 91st 111. Inf. 
A. Kightlinger, 96th Ohio Vol. Inf. 
Capt. Jas. C. McConahay, 49th Ind. Inf. 
James M. Miller, 16th Ohio Battery. 
Col. E. P. Payne. 37th 111. Inf. 
A. A. Russell, 1st Mo. Light Art. 
A. M. Somers, 16th Ohio Vol. Inf. 
W. H. Summers, 43d Ohio Vol. Ind. 



SPECIflli COIVHWITTEES. 

EXECUTIVE— Col. Asa C. Mathews, Chairman. Capt. J. W. Thompson, Capt. W. P. Worces- 
ter, Capt. Frank Swigart. 
BADGES flfiD decorations— A. B. Chatpield, Chairman, A. A. Russell, T. B. Wood, 

Geo. Grindlev. 
ifiViTATiONS— Capt. Frank Swigart, Chairman, Gen. Geo. W. Clark, Fletcher White. 



:PI^O(3-I^J^J^:M:E. 

Call to Order and Prayer. 

Address of Welcome bj^ Gen. Geo. W. Clark. 

Election of Officers. 

Address by Chairman. 

Music. 

The 13th Army Corps. Paper by Capt. Frank Swigart, 46th Ind. Inf. 

Music. 
Addresses under the Five-Minute Rule. Gens. Carr, Hovey, Lindsay, Black 

and others. 

Music. 
Conclusion. 



58 



FIEST EEUNION OF 



REPORT OF THE PROCEEDINGS 



FIRST ANNUAL REUNION 



— OP THE- 



SURVIVORS OF THE i?th ARMY CORPS, 



MEADE TENT, GRAND ARMY PLACE, 



Washington, L). C-, September 22, 1892. 



"T"HE meeting was called to order by 
General Geo. W. Clark, Chairman 
of the 13th Corps Reunion Committee. 
Prayer was offered by Rev. John B. 
Brandt, of St. Louis, Mo., of the 114th 
Ohio Volunteer Infantry. 

General Clark then delivered an ad- 
dress of welcome. 

Officers to serve during the ensuing 
year were elected as follows: Presi- 
dent, E. A. Carr; First Vice-President, 
George W. Clark; Second Vice-Presi- 
dent, J. S. Ferguson; Secretary, Fletcher White ; Treas- 
urer, E. C. Daugherty; Surgeon, Dr. J. F. Curtis. 

General Carr, formerly Commander of the 14th 
Division of the Corps, upon taking charge of the meet- 




THIRTEENTH ARMY CORPS. 59 

ing, thank the comrades for the honor in a neat speech, 
replete with facts connected with the service of the 
Corps. 

Captain Frank Swigart, of the 46th Indiana Volun- 
teer Infantry, read a historical paper, "The 13th Army 
Corps," written at the request of the committee, which 
was ordered printed by unanimous vote. 

Then follows addresses under the five minute rule 
by Generals G. M. Dodge, Thomas J. Brady, Charles E. 
Hovey and Cyrus Bussey, Colonel H. L. Bruce, Comrades 
J. B. Brandt, J. S. Ferguson, R. F. Bartlett, McCormick 
and Peoples, and a recitation by Comrade Kightlinger. 

At the close of these exercises a business session was 
held, and Captain George Simmons, of the 11th Indiana 
Volunteer Infantry, introduced the following resolution, 
which was adopted: 

THE CORPS BADGE. 

Whereas, The recently adopted badge of the 13th Army Corps has no 
official recognition in the War Department, and whereas such recognition is 
most desirable; be it 

Resolved, That the Secretary of War be requested to place the feaid 
adopted badge on the Official Chart of the Army Corps badges issued by the 
War Department. 

Resolved, That a committee of three be appointed by the President of 
this association, whose duty it shall be to take such action as may be necessary 
to accomplish the object of the foregoing resolution, the result of the labors of 
the said committee to be reported to tljis association at its next annual meeting. 

The President appointed Comrades Simmons, Chat- 
field and White this committee. 

An Executive Committee was appointed, consisting 
of Generals Thos. J. Brady, Isaac H. Elliott, George F. 
McGinnis, Colonel H. S. Bunker, Captains Frank Swigart 
and George H. Cliilds. 

Of the one hundred organizations that served in this 
Corps during the war over eighty were represented at 
the reunion. 

The Reunion Committee was thanked for their efforts 
and zeal in preparing for this reunion and the comforts 
of visitors in the city during tlie encampment. 



60 FIRST REUNION OF 



Those present then signed the Constitution and 
By-Laws adopted by the Reunion Association of the 13th 
Army Corps and paid the annual dues. It was ordered 
that books be Ivept open at the headquarters of the 13th 
Army Corps, Grand Army Place, until the close of the 
encampment, to enable all to sign the Constitution and 
become members of the association. 

A motion to adjourn to meet at the next National 
Encampment, to be held at Indianapolis next year, was 
adopted, and the first reunion of the Thirteenth Corps 
closed after a most successful and entertaining meeting. 

Fletcher White, 

Secretary. 



THIRTEENTH ARMY CORPS. 61 



Reporters' Notes, Addresses, Etc. 



General George W. Clark, formerly Colonel of the 
34th Iowa Volunteer, Infantry, Chairman of the Re-un- 
ion committee of the 13th Army Corps, called the meet- 
ing to order and spoke as follows: 

GENERAL CLARK'S ADDRESS. 

Comrades: You have already been informed by the 
press and otherwise that this, the 26th National Encamp- 
ment of the Grand Army of the Republic, was to possess 
a feature which has not distinctly marked the previous 
annual gatherings of the old soldiers. 

This new feature consists of a well defined plan for 
the reunions of the various Armies and Army Corps, 
which made up the Union forces in the late w^ar. 
Accommodations have also been provided for Divisions, 
Brigades and otlier organizations to hold reunions during 
the encampment. Having been connected from the start 
with the committe which has had charge of this reunion 
scheme and feeling some personal pride and satisfaction 




Geo. W. 'Clark was boru in Jobnson county, Indiana, 
December 26, ISS."); was for a time at Franklin College and 
afterward at Wabash College, Crawfordsville, Indiana. He 
studied law at Indianapolis, and went to Iowa in 1856. The 
same year he was elected prosecuting attorney for Warren 
county, and practiced law at Indianola until the beginning 
of the war. He enlisted the first company of volunteers 
in his county. He was made first lieutenant of the company which after- 
wards became Company G, 3d Iowa Infantry, and with which he served 
until August, 1863, taking part in the battle of Shiloh and other important 
engagements. September 1, 1862, he was appointed Colonel of the 34th 



62 FIRST llEU:i^ION OF 



over the success of our work, and hoping it may be 
repeated at future National Encampments, you will par- 
don me for briefly alluding to what we have done. 

Several months ago the idea was suggested of secur- 
ing grounds and tents and arranging a series of reun- 
ions, &c. A committee of Grand Army men, residing in 
this city, was promptly organized and undertook the task 
of seeing that each Army and Army Corps should have 
a reunion at a given time during the Encampment, and 
that suitable accomodations be provided therefor. That 
committee was comprised of two members from each 
Corps and were designated the chairman and vice-chair- 
man of the Corps to which they belonged. I had tlie 
honor to m-t as Chairman for the 13th Army Corps, and 
our worthy comrade. Col. A. C. Mathews, of the 99tli Illi- 
nois, has acted as Vice-Chairman for our Corps. That 
general committee has worked with great zeal and deter- 
mination, and I think with signal success. To that com- 
mittee is due the transformation scene which you 
have witnessed on these grounds. But for this commit- 
tee this would still be called the " White Lot," and 
would now be unoccupied, unadorned, instead of being 
as you see it to-day, a magnificent tented field, dedicated 
under the appropriate name of " Grand Army Place," and 
used by the old soldiers and sailors for the puri)ose of 
meeting tlieir old comrades in arms and talking over old 



Iowa Volunteer Infantry, then under orders to rendezvous at Burlington, 
Iowa. From that time until the close of tlie war, he was continuously in 
command of his reijiment, or the brigade, or post to which it belontred. 
The names of the battles ordered to be inscribed on the flag of this 
regiment, as shown by the records at the Adjutant General's of^ce, are 
"Ch'ckasHw Bayou " "Chickasaw Bluffs." "Arkansas Post." "Seige of Vicks- 
burg," "Morganza," * Fort Esperanza," "Fort Gaines," "Fort Morgan" and 
"Fort Blakely." He was breveted Brigadier General, U. S. A., March 18, 
1865, and mustered out with his regiment August 15, 1S65. at Houston, Texas. 
Soon after the war General Clark was appointed U. S. Marshal for the District 
af Iowa and held that office for four years. Afterwards he spent several years 
abroad, finally settling down in Washington, D. C, where he now resides. 



Thirteenth army corps. 6B 

times. The reproduction of the historic old war ship, 
the Kearsage, on these grounds, and the grand ceremon- 
ies of last Monday in the presence of the highest officers 
of the Nation, were all under the auspices of this com- 
mittee. 

Aside from this general committee, our corps, like 
other corps, has had a committee which has had fre- 
quent meetings to consider corps matters. The desire 
and aim of our corps committee have been to secure^the 
attendance at this reunion of as many of our old com- 
rades as possible and to provide, as best we could, for 
their comfort and happiness while here. We have sent 
special invitations to all the prominent officers of our 
corps and to many others who have become prominent 
in the country since the war. As chairman of that com- 
mittee, I am sorry to say that none of our old corps com- 
manders are with us to-day, and it is a matter of regret 
that not more of our army corps are present. 

The 13th Army Corps was at one time the largest 
army corps that ever existed in this or perhaps in any 
other country. When it was first organized in October, 
1862, it comprised all the troops under the command of 
General Grant. It embraced substantially all the forces 
of the Army of the Tennessee, and carried on its rolls 
about 80,000 men. This Army Corps, Jiowever, was 
re-organized in January, 1863, and was divided into four 
corps, the 13th, 15th, 16th and 17th. 

In arranging for this reunion our conunittee has 
only sought to represent the corps from the time it was 
organized in January, 1863, under that gallant and 
indomitable old hero. General John A. McClernand. 
Under his command the glory the old corps had achieved 
at Shiloh, Corinth and Hatchie was proudly maintained. 
Nor was the efficiency and gallantry of the corps ever 
relaxed under any of its commanders, from McClernand, 
at Champion's Hill, to Gordon Granger, at Fort Blakely. 
It will be remembered that the magnificent charge of the 



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13th Army Corps at Ft. Blakely was practically tlie last 
battle of the war, it having been made April 9, 1865, the 
very day Lee surrendered at Appomattox. 

But I will not attempt to recount the deeds of the 
13th Army Corps. You will observe from the programme 
that our talented comrade. Captain Swigart, of the 46tli 
Indiana, is to read a paper on our (;orps, which I have no 
doubt will recite with accuracy many facts and incidents 
connected with our corps. 

On behalf of the committee, I welcome you all to 
the Capital of our glorious country and to this meeting, 
which we have arranged for your benefit and pleasure. 

I am further directed by the committee to nominate 
General E. A. Carr as Chairman of this meeting. 



Captain Frank Swigart, of the 46th Indiana Volun- 
teer, Infantry, being introduced by General Carr, deliv- 
ered the following address upon the history of the 13th 
Army Corps, prepared at the request of the Reunion 
Committee : 

CAPTAIN SWIGART'S ADDRESS. 

Ml'. President, Comrades and Ladies: 

The Thirteenth Army Corps was organized under 
General Order No. 16(S, from War Department, October 
24, 1862. It was distinctively a western organization. 
The men composing this corps enlisted from the States 
of Illinois Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Michigan, 
Missouri. Ohio, Wisconsin, and Arkansas. The First 
United States Infantry was assigned to this corps. More 

Frank Swigart. born in Ohio, 1840. and, with bis 

parents removed to Cass county, Indiana, when two 
years old. He spent bis boybood, with his father and 
brotliers. clearini;- a farm. For two or three months each 
winter be attended the " district schools;" at the age of 
eighteen, he attended a select school for six months 
each year, for two years, and at twenty attended a Nor- 
mal school nine months each year for two years; during 




THIRTEENTH ARMY CORPS. 65 

than ninety thousand men belonged to it at one time. 
Tlie^e were organized into fourteen divisions of infantry 
and artilery, and two of cavalry, with from two to four 
brigades to each division. 

In the early part of 18()1 the men who afterward 
composed this corps were living in peace; only intent on 
thinking and working out the problem before them, the 
best way to tame the great West and convert it into pros- 
perous happy homes for the millions who were to inhabit 
it. Little did they then believe that in a few short 
weeks the whole scene would be changed and they be(;ome 
parts of a great military machine to be hurled with 
irresistable force ag.ninst the defenders of treason. They 
were rudely awakened from their peaceful ^-onfidenoe by 
the booming of cannon fired by rebels at the grand old 
stars and stripes, the sound of their guns echoing over 
mountaius, hills aud prairies, reached the uttermost 
parts of the land of the free and the homes of the brave 
men of the West. The citizen was at first appalled. 
This was but for a moment, however. Then all 
the pent up fires of patriotism burst forth. They knew 
no bounds. Upon the face of every man was observed a 

the remainder of these years, he labon d on the farm. When the war broke 
out, he enlisted in May, 1861, with Colonel W. L. Brown, but this organ- 
ization was not accepted. In October, 1861, he enlisted in Companj^ "B," 
46th Indiana Volunteers, was appointed Sergeant, Second Lieutenant, April 
1863, and Captain October of the same year ; resigned October 12, 1864, on ac- 
count of wounds. Was engaged in the battles of St. Charles, New Madrid, 
Island Ten, Fort Pemberton, Port Gibson, Jackson, Champion's Hill. Vicks- 
burg, Carron Cro Bayou, Wilson Farm, and Sabine Cross Roads, besides 
numerous skirmishes. 

Upon his return home, he read law; was admitted to the bar in Logansport, 
Indiana, and continued to practice there until 1889. In 1869 and 1870, he was 
corporation attorney for the city of Logansport, and prepared and published a 
code of laws for the city. In 1888, he, with Colonel Bringhurst, prepared and 
published a history of his regiment. He was a delegate to the National encamp- 
ment. G. A. R., at Columbus, Ohio, in that year, and also an elector on the 
Republican ticket for his State, was elected, and voted for President Harrison. 
In 1889, he was appointed Chief of the Law and Miscellaneous Division, 
Second Comptroller's Office, Treasury Department. 



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settled determination to rally to the support of his native 
or adopted land, and to put down — stamp out — rebellion, 
and save the Nation for his posterity, and the posterity 
of those then engaged in the mad efforts to destroy the 
Union. As by magic the scene was changed. In place 
of the usual signs of peace and husbandry the sounds of 
preparation for war were everywhere heard. The shrill 
note of the fife and drum pierced the air and filled it full 
to overflowing with patriotism. Men of every avocation 
in life left their peaceful pursuits and the farmer, minis- 
ter, doctor, lawyer, mechanic, merchant and banker, 
contended with eacli other for a place on the enlistment 
rolls. These re(;ruits to the Grand Army of the Repub- 
lic as rapidly as enlisted were organized into batteries, 
companies, regiments, brigades and divisions, and later 
on into corps As each organization was completed it 
was hurried to the front, where the citizen was converted 
into the soldier. 

The organizations which w^ere finally brought to- 
gether and made up the 13th Army Corps rendered 
much gallant and valuable service before they were con- 
solidated into it. It is therefore proper to give that ser- 
vice a passing notice. Men of this corps are entitled to 
share in the credit of Belmont, the glory of Donelson 
and Henry, New Madrid and Island Ten, Shiloh and 
Corinth, luka, Corinth and Hatchie River. It will be 
impossible for me to give anything like a history of the 
13th Corps in the time allotted me on this occasion. The 
men of this corps were never defeated when acting- 
together; or while constituting the Army of the Ten- 
nessee. They have been temporarily repulsed, but never 
lost their discipline or forgot the duties and resi)onsibil- 
ities of a soldier. 

At Shiloh during the first day they were driven 
from their camps and after a hard day's fighting occu- 
pied ground in the rear of that held in tlie morning, but 
they were not defeated or discouraged. The following 



THIRTEENTH ARMY CORPS. 67 

morning they were ready to take tlie initiative and make 
the attack in the battle they knew must be fought, and 
with the help of General BuelV Army, gained a complete 
victory. General Grant has said since the battle that he 
could have defeated the enemy without General Buel's 
forces, I believe he was right. He knew what he was 
talking about when speaking of the men of the 13th 
Army Corps. 

In the assault on Vicksburg in 1862 the forces under 
General Sherman were repulsed. The officers, however, 
had so much confidence in the men that they immedi- 
ately led them against Arkansas Post, another strongly 
fortified position, and captured it. In this assault every 
man did his duty — there were no laggards. Defeated 
men could not have been depended upon to do this. 
I regard the assault and capture of Arkansas Post, 
under the circumstances, one of the most brilliant 
achievements of the war. 

At the battle of Sabine Cross Roads parts of two 
divisions of this corps were engaged and disastrously 
repulsed. The day following, however, they were 
re-organized and ready to meet the foe with their com- 
rades of the 16th, 17th and 19th Corps. These examples 
show that the men of the 13th Corps possessed, the 
highest qualities of the soldier — complete discipline, 
obedience to orders, high courage, and indomitable will. 

On the 24th day of October, 1862, by General Order 
No. 168, which reads : ''The troops under Major-General 
Grant will constitute the Thirteenth Army Corps," was 
issued, this order changed the Army of the Tennessee 
to the 13th Army Corps, with General Grant Com- 
mander. This corps had the high distinction of having 
been the only army corps under the personal com- 
mand of that great ccmimander during the war. During 
the continuance of this organization, much hard mili- 
tary service was performed by the different commands. 
The assault on Vicksburg, December, 1862, was made 



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by tlie divisions of Generals Morgan, A. J. Smith, 
M. L. Smith and Steele. The capture of Arkansas Post 
was accomplished. None engaged can forget the anxious 
days of those occupied in holding the country captured 
from the enemy on the east side of the Mississippi 
river, during the fall of 1802; nor the efforts made by 
General Grant to advance along the railroad to get 
in the rear of Vicksburg and co operate with General 
Sherman in his efforts to capture that place. I cannot 
give details of the marches and counter marches per- 
formed during this period of the corps' service. 

On the 18th day of December, 18()2, General Order 
No. 210 was issued, carving out of the troops in the 
Department of the Tennessee and the Department of the 
Missouri, the 13th, 15th, 16th and 17th Corps. The 9th, 
10th, 12th, 18tli and 14th divisions of infantry and the 
second division cavalry of the original 13th Corps com- 
posed the new corps, under the above order. General 
John A McClernand was assigned to the command and 
Generals Osterhaus, Smith, Hovey, Ross, Carr and 
Washburn of the respective divisions. It w^as during 
the time the corj^s maintained this organization that the 
divisions of Osterhaus, Smith, Hovey and Carr partici- 
pated in the campaign resulting in the capture of Vicks- 
burg. One, and finally two divisions were engaged on 
the Yazoo Pass expedition and the effort to capture Fort 
Pemberton. This was prevented by the high water 
which completely encircled the fort. Other commands 
of the corps were engaged in efforts to secure a water- 
way to high land in the rear of the rebel stronghold. 
They all alike failed, and on the 29th day of March, 
1863, the order was given to the 13th Army Corps to com- 
mence the march across the Peninsula on the w^est side of 
the river in front of Vicksburg to the river below the 
town. April 29th the command w^as on the west bank 
of the river opposite Grand Gulf, on boats and barges, 
ready to cross as soon as the Navy should succeed in 



THIRTEENTH ARMY CORPS. 69 

silencing the batteries. This was not done. Tlie com- 
mand disembarked on the west side of the river and 
marched to the river below Grand Gulf and crossed on 
the 80th of April, 1868. May 1st the battle of Port Gib- 
son was fought and the enemy defeated 

This command w^as also actively engaged at Four- 
teen Mile Creek, Champion's Hill, where Hovey's Divi- 
sion lost 1202 men — more than thirty-three per cent of 
the command, Black River Ridge, and in the assaults on 
the city the 18th and 22d of May. The corps took an 
active i^art in the operations of the siege, until the sur- 
render, July 4th, 1863. 

By general order 164, June 18th, 1863; Department 
of Tennessee, General McClernand was relieved and 
General E. O. C. Ord was appointed to the command 
of the corps. July lOtli, 1863, by General order 214, 
War Department, general order No. 164 Department 
of Tennessee, was approved and General Ord's appoint- 
ment to the command of the corps made permanent. As 
soon as the surrender was an accomplished fact an expe- 
dition was organized to re-capture Jackson, the Capitol 
of Mississippi. A portion of this corps was detailed to 
assist. Jackson was again captured July 17th, and the 
army returned to Vicksburg. 

I should state that the Thirteenth Division, General 
Ross commanding, did not participate in the Vicksburg 
campaign. Under the command of General Salomon 
this division maintained the reputation of the corps and 
won new laurels, doing its full share in the defense of 
Helena, July 4th, 1863, and largely contributing by its 
heroism to the splendid victory gained over the superior 
number of the enemy. 

August 14th, 1863, the Thirteenth Corps w^as trans- 
ferred to the Department of the Gulf and reorganized. 
The Ninth Division became the First, with General Ben- 
ton commanding. Heron's Division of the Army of the 
Frontier became the Second Division ; this division com- 



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manded by General Heron participated in the siege of 
Vickyl^urg. The Twelfth Division became the Third, 
with General Geo. F. McGinnis commanding. The Tenth 
Division became the Fourth, with General M. K. Lawler 
commanding. Under tliis organization the corps served 
untilJune 11th, 18()4. During the time it was so organ-- 
ized a portion of it took part in the battle of Carron Gro 
Bayou and in the Red River Cam|)aign, under General 
Banks, and sustained the reverse at Sabine Cross Roads, 
above mentioned. They continued to perform hard 
service until Banks' army reached the Mississippi river 
at Sims Port. The other portions of the corps were 
engaged in hard service at varions places on the coast of 
Texas. This service was, perhaps, the most trying of any 
the men composing the corps had to perform. Nothing 
was accomplished. Everything and everybody seemed to 
be .at sixes and sevens. 

Jnne 11th, 1864, General Order No. 210 was issued: 
"By direction of the President the 13th Army Corps is 
temporarily discontinued. The General commanding tlie 
Division of West Mississippi will assign troops of this 
Corps " Under that order the corps was broken up and 
tlie divisions and commands assigned to other corps. I 
liave not liad the time to trace the operations of the sev- 
eral commands of the corps during the period between 
its discontinuance and reorganization. We may safely 
say that each maintained its reputation for effi(;iency. 

General Order No. 28, dated February 26th, 1865, 
" ordered that the IBtli Army Corps, having been reorgan- 
ized by Ma.jor-General Canby, by direction of the Presi- 
dent, Ma.jor-General Gordon Granger is assigned to the 
command." This organization consisted of three divi- 
sions, commanded by Generals Benton, Andrews, and 
Veach, respectively. Under this organization of the corps 
we know the services were as brilliant as any of its for- 
mer period. It is only necessary to recall its participa- 
tion in the capture of Forts Gaines. Morgan, Powell and 



THIRTEENTH ARMY CORPt^. 71 

Spanish Fort, on Mobile Bay, and Fort Blakely, on the 
Texsas River. I have heard some of the men tell how hot 
the sand around Mobile Bay was, and how cold the north- 
west wind could get in the shortest time. I have heard 
them tell of how, in the charge on Blakely, General 
Andrews ordered the men to drive the rebels in the fort 
and then halt until further orders ; that when the men 
got to going they did not stop until inside the fort. This 
was wliat might have been expected of the veterans of this 
corps. I have, in the most general way, given you a sum- 
mary of the services of tliis most magnificent body of men, 
equal to any in the service. While I do not say it was 
the best, I do say it had no superior. The first important 
and telling victory gained by the Union arms in the West 
was the storming and capture of Fort Donelson. It was 
the fruit of the valor of men of the 13th Corps. The last 
crowning victory of the war was the capture of Fort 
Blakely. This was the glorious beginning and ending of 
the service of this body of citizen soldiers. At the death 
of the Rebellion they were found in the front line, with 
their armor on, ready to do greater service in defense of 
their country ; but on July 2()th, 1865, by General Order 
No. 124, the 18th Army Corps was finally discontinued 
and became something of the past. Its history, however, 
will live as long as the English language is written or 
spoken, and its memory will be kept green in the hearts 
of the children of the Republic as long as one lives and 
loves liberty and equal rights. 

There is another feature of the service of the 13th 
Corps that I want to direct your attention to. It is the 
hundreds of miles these men marched during their ser- 
vice and the months and years they lived in the swamps 
of the South. Those who have not campaigned along the 
Mississippi River and its tributaries, in the States of Ken- 
tucky, Tennessee, Missouri, Arkansas, Mississippi and 
Louisiana, and on the coast of Texas and Alabama, can 
form no adequate idea of the hardships entailed upon the 



72 FIRST REUNION OF 



men of the army engaged in that service. Think of men 
having to wade these swamps for days and weeks together, 
to sleep in them, breathe the malarial air and drink the 
pollnted water until the system became so full of its pes- 
tilential poison that nature could stand it no longer. The 
sufferings and deaths from tliese causes were a hundred 
times more than those from the shot and shell and rifles 
of the enemy. So great was the dread of the malaria of 
these swamps tliatmen were constantly begging to be led 
against the enemy in the field to free themselves from 
their pestilence. They preferred to take their chances on 
the higli ground in battle with the enemy to living along 
the river. I remember well the expression of men of my 
own command when we reached high ground on the east 
side of the river, A|)ril 30th, 1862. Although there was 
certainty of hard figliting, and that many wonld be killed 
and wounded before the campaign ended, yet they 
thanked God that they w^ere on high ground and out of 
the swamps. It fell to the lot of this corps to conduct 
most of its operations from the great river and on the 
inhospitable Gulf coast of Texas, Mississippi, Louisiana, 
Alabama and Florida. 

The men of the 13tli Corps were intelligent, thinking 
men. They studied the art of war and became so profi- 
cient in it that they aided their commanders. Much of 
tlie glory of the history of the corps is due to this fact. 
It has been impossible to give a history of the corps in 
this paper. It is out of the question to name the more 
tlian five hundred engagements the men participated in. 
It is impossible to describe the more than two thousand 
miles marched by its organization. It is impossible to 
give a statement of the hundred instances of special 
heroism of separate commands. Not even the names 
of the individuals whose acts of heroism r;ommended 
them for such favorable mention at the time, that their 
names will be lasting as history, can be mentioned. It 
must suffice to say that I do not recall a single official 



THIRTEENTH ARMY rORl'S. 73 

report of the operation of the corps that does not give 
the name or names of some comrade or comrades who 
were entitled to special mention because of some act of 
personal bravery. I recall one report which said: "When 
all have behaved so well, it is hard to make dis- 
tinctions." I have therefore refrained from selecting 
any particidar example, lest I should by so doing do some 
comrade an unintentional wrong. 

While we are thinking and talking of the glories of 
the history of the men of the 18th Corps, we will not 
permit the recollections we cherish for our comrades who 
fell in that long struggle, either in battle or from disease, 
or those who have suffered and still suffer from wounds 
or disease, nor the memory of those who have been called 
hence by the Great Commander since their army service 
ended, to go out of our minds even for a moment. 
Neither will we forget the widows and orphans whom 
they left in our care and as the Nation's wards. May 
the God of Battles remember them. May the Nation 
never forget them. May we, their surviving comrades, 
keep a watchful care over them, is the prayer of their 
comrades and your comrade. 



General Thomas J. Brady, late Colonel of the 117th 
Indiana Volunteer Infantry, was called for, and being- 
presented to the audience, spoke as follows: 



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GENERAL BRADY'S ADDRESS. 

Comrades of the 13th Army Corps: 

I am glad to be with yoii and of you to-day, and am 
thankful for this kindly recognition. 

My service with the corps was of about the same 
duration as that of our distinguished chairman and com- 
mander of the division in which I served. I commenced 
with him at Cape Girardeau, served throughout the 
Vicksburg campaign and back to Jackson under Sher- 
man. Then, thanks to the goodly words said of me by 
Generals Carr and Benton, I was promoted from Major 
of the 8th Indiana to the Colonelcy of the llTtli Indi- 
ana, a new regiment, then serving in East Tennessee. I 
have always felt that was the mistake of my life, and 
that I should have remained witli my old comrades of 
the 8tli Indiana and 13th Corps. But the desire to 
exchange the Major's leaf for the Colonel's eagle was too 
strong at the time to resist. 

Thos. J. Brady is a native of Indiana and tool< one 
of the first Companies of Volunteers to camp at Indiana- 
polis, under President Lincoln's first call for troops, in 
April, 1861. He served continuously with the 8th Indi- 
ana Infantry as Captain and Major until after the Vicks- 
burg campaign, when he was promoted to the command 
of the H7th Indiana Infantry, a short term regiment, 
serving in East Tennessee. After that he assisted in i-ais- 
ing the 140th Indiana and was made its Colonel, and with which he served until 
the end of the war, and was brevetted Brigadier General for "long and meri- 
torious service." 

After the war he engaged in the practice of law at Muncie, Indiana, and 
published a newspaper for years. He was made Consul to Saint Thomas, West 
Indies. .in 1871 and served until 1875. when he was made a Supervisor of Inter- 
nal Revenue for the district of Ohio and Indiana. In July of 1876 he was 
made Second Assistant Postmaster General, and served as such until in 1881. 

He is now living quietly on his farm near Colonial Beach. Westmoreland 
County, Virginia, and enjoys nothing so much as the visits of his old • soldier 
friends. 




THTKTEEXTH AEMT COKPi^. 75 

I saw other and hard service, but it is the proudest 
and brightest recollection of my life that I belonged to and 
served with the 13th Corps — the corps that led the way to 
the rear of Vicksburg. fought the first battles of that mem- 
orable campaign, and did its whole duty unto the end. 
And it should be a matter of pride with each one of you, 
and I have no doubt it is, that you are part of that most 
wonderful campaign, under the greatest Captain of the 
Union armies — a thing to boast of and to be proud of 
not only by you, but by your children and your chil- 
dren's children, unto the latest generation. 

I have always contended, and I assert to-day, and I 
believe it is so recognized by all modern writers on the 
art of war, that the Vicksburg campaign of 1863, in its 
conception and execution, was the most daring and won- 
derful in the annals of our war, and the equal of any in 
the history of the world. Its strategy was perfect, its 
execution masterly and the results overwhelming to the 
eneiny. If every other he planned and fought were 
stricken from the record that campaign would fix the 
position of Grant as the greatest Captain of the age and 
among the loftiest of all time. Well may we be proud 
of the fact that we were of it and in it and all the way 
through it. 

And what a campaign it was. The toilsome marches 
over bayous and through swamps, the tiresome waiting 
on levees and in canebrakes, relieved only by the rough 
jokes of irrepressible jokers, with their yells of ''alliga- 
tors," as some luckless comrade would plunge over a 
cypress' knee-deep into water or mud, or the tense listen- 
ing to the boom of the gun-boats' cannon in their fruit- 
less effort to silence the water batteries; the final passage 
of the river and the fierce rushes of battle after battle 
until Vicksburg was reached, and then the dreary, wast- 
ing labors of the seige. It was all very terrible, and 
many of our best and bravest we left there, and many 
of you bear about you and ever will the scars of those 



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burning days — but it was grand, for it was war as war 
should be fought, with only " unconditional surrender" 
as the end. And we won, and the imperishable glory 
that enoirc-les the brow of our great commander reflects 
some of its brightness upon each one of us who did our 
duty then. Proud am I that I can wear this badge. 

Just glad am I to see you — to see any one who wears 
our badge, and shall always esteem him comrade and 
brother. And I wish with all my heart that each and 
every one of you may live long and prosper. 

GENERAL HOVEY'S ADDRESS. 

Hovey was the first Colonel of the Thirty-third 
Illinois Infantry. 

Mr. President and Comrades: 

I am not quite sure that I can claim membership 
in the old 13th Army Corps, although I served with the 
men of that corps at Chi(*kasaw Bayou and at Arkansas 
Post. The doubt arises in this w^ay : Up to December 
21st, 1862, when Steele's Division, to which I belonged, 
was transferred to Sherman's command, then on its way 
to Vicksburg, we had been campaigning west of the 
Mississippi river, in the States of Missouri and Arkansas. 
At the time of the transfer, Sherman''s command was 
known as the Right Wing of the 13th Army Corps, 
and was so designated in orders at the assault on the 
defenses of Vicksburg, from Chickasaw Bayou. Subse- 
quently, McClernand, who had succeeded to the com- 
mand, changed the name of the troops from Right Wing 
of the 13th Corps to Army of the Mississippi, and under 
that name they captured Arkansas Post. 

The day after the capture, a War Department order 
was received, dividing this Right Wing of the old 13tli 
Corps, or Army of the Mississippi, into a new 13th Corps 
and a 15th Corps, Steele's Division falling to the 15th. 
This order was dated December 18th, 1862, and if it took 



THIRTEENTH ARMY CORPS. 77 



effect from its date then we had been serving all the while 
in the 15tli Corps ; but if it took effect only from its 
receipt by the army, then we had served in the old 13th 
Corps and in the Army of the Mississippi. 

However this may be, I have an abiding interest in 
the splendid record made by your corps, the new 13tli; 
and though I was not privileged, personally, to help make 
that record, men who enlisted with me were ; and their 
fame is my pride. I maintain that no better men or 
braver soldiers ever shouldered guns or faced an enemy 
than the men of the 33d Illinois Infantry ; and of such 
regiments the 13tli Corps was made up. 

Now these Thirty-thirders occasionally got into close 
quarters and had unique experiences. Permit me to 
instance one or two. 

On the march of Curtis' Army down White river from 
Batesville to Helena, it happened that an advance party 
of less than 500 Thirty-thirders and 11th Wisconsin men, 
with one small cannon (drawn by two horses) in charge 
of a detachment of the 1st Indiana cavalry, ran up against 
a Rebel force of "about 5,000 effectives." Such are the 
words and figures of the Rebel official report. 

Our men were too far in advance of the main column 
to get help from it, and had to (-hoose between a fight on 
grossly unequal terms, or a surrender. They certainly 
did not surrender, nor did their opponents stop running, 
after the battle, until they had put White river between 
themselves and their pursuers. This was the battle 
of Cac^he River, at HilFs Plantation. 

It is but fair to say that reinforcements came up in 
time to join in the pursuit ; but the battle had to be 
fought, and was fought by this advance party, aided just 
at its close, when the enemy were giving way, by two 
additional companies of the 1st Indiana cavalry. 

The infantry regiments to which the advance party 
belonged, the 33d Illinois and the lltli Wisconsin, were 
subsequently transferred to the 13tli Corps, and with 



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that corps took part in the most remarkable campaign of 
modern times, perhaps of any time — the campaign of 
Vicksburg. 

During the progress of this campaign, and at or a little 
before daybreak in the morning after Champion's Hill, the 
33d Illinois infantry were ordered forward as skirmishers 
"to feel" for the enemy. They got well on toward the 
Rebel works at Black River before being discovered. 
When discovered, they had reached the low ground 
between the Rebel intrenchments and the high ground 
half a mile or so to the rear ; and while in this position 
the Union forces took possession of the high grounds and 
opened fire from them on the Rebel works. The fire was 
at once returned. 

Thus the skirmishers found themselves between two 
fires, and were only saved from destruction by reason of 
the depression of the ground on which they stood. Their 
greatest danger lay in the premature explosion of shells 
while passing over them, and in the occasional lowering 
by tlie Rebel gunners of the aim of their guns But 
what a situation ! Just think of it ! What a place to 
view the battle ! It would have made the fortune of 
half a dozen war correspondents, could they have been 
there and got away alive. The terrific- grandeur of the 
conflict, as seen by these Thirty-thirders, may perhaps be 
imagined, but cannot be described, at least not by me." 

This was what I call a unique experience, but such 
an experience as few men would care to indulge in 
a second time. 

Comrades, I thank you sincerely for the opportunity 
of thus saying a word in remembrance of your fighting 
corps, and of some of its regiments (the 33d Illinois and i 
11th Wisconsin) with whose record I happen to be more 
or less familiar. 



*NoTE — The circumstauce here referred to by General Hovey is recorded 
in "Army Life," by Albert O. Marshall (now of Joliet, Illinois.) Marshall 



THIRTEENTH ARMY CORPS. 70 



was a high private iu the line of skirmishers, and has this, among other things, 
to say : 

"It woukl be useless to attempt to describe the terriffic scenes of the 
fierce contest, as viewed from the position held by us between the two contending 
forces. The heavy battle smoke, rapidly rising, continually opened the entire 
scene to our view. Even in the hottest of the fight every move of the enemy 
could be noted by us. One rebel officer, mounted on a powerful white horse, 
attracted unusual attention. As he first started, at the beginning of the fight, 
he appeared to be supported by a numerous staff. His daring was so reckless 
that he often became the mark our riflemen aimed at. As time passed, one by 
one of his slaff were seen to be disabled ; and after the last one of them had 
fallen or left the field, the rider on the white horse still held his ground and 
continued to inspire the rebel soldiers. At last, when it became plain that the 
day was soon to be ours, a feeling seemed to spring up to let the reckless rider 
live, and he was permitted to ride away unharmed. 

"As the artiller}' battle reached its height, all incidents and individual 
matters were absorbed by the terriffic grandeur of the fierce storm raging over 
and ai'ound us. The cannon in front of us, and behind us, and around us, 
poured forth a storm of fire and shot. Above us was a black cloud of battle 
smoke, through which crashed and screamed and burst the murderous shells. 
Few men ever looked upon what we saw and lived to tell the tale. 

"Although the gigantic grandeur of the conflict was created by the 
heavy artillery and the solid ranks of infantry in the rear, still, perhaps, 
the most effective work was done by the skirmishers, who had approached so 
near the rebel works. We held our ground during the entire battle. In fact it 
was belter to do so than to have attempted to go back. 

"I had a little experience on this point. John Spradling, of our company, 
was struck bj' a fragment of shell and badly wounded. He thought if he 
could get medical aid he might live, and desired me to help him get back where 
his wound could be attended to before he bled to death. It was a dangerous 
undertaking. Standing up incurred more danger from the passing balls and 
shells than lying down. The worst, however, was to slowly walk over so 
much exposed ground, in plain sight and range of the solid line of rebel rifle- 
men. The hope was that they would not care to waste shots on a crippled 
soldier and his assistant going to the rear. We started. Spradling could only 
use one foot, and going back was slow. We had not gone far before the 
screeching rifle balls aimed at us commenced hissing b}' our ears. Spradling 
knew that he would die if he stayed upon the field. A ball could do no more 
than kill him. He begged to go on. I told him to brace up and we would 
continue until one or the other. fell. It is not wild to sa}' that, during our 
tedious journey to the rear, at least a thousand rifle-balls aimed at us passed 
near, and, strange to say, neither of us was touched. 

*********** 
"My return was none too soon. I had hardly reached our skirmish line 
again when the last move of the battle of Black River was made. This is how 
it happened : 

" The woods to our right ran well down toward the rebel works. Colonel 
Bailey of the 99lh Illinois — 'Old Rough and Ready Number two,' General 



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Beulou hud called him alter Ihe battle of Magnolia Hills — was with the advance. 
In their zeal the Union soldiers had pressed forward to the edge of the woods 
which brought them near to the rebel works. It became right hot for our boys 
so near to the enemy's lines. They had no orders to go further; in fact had 
already gone farther than orders had been given them to go. The proper thing 
to have done was to have fallen back to a lessexposed position. Colonel Bailey, 
however, was one of those awkward otHcers who could never learn military 
rules. His only idea of war was to pitch m and whip the enemy whenever and 
wherever he could be found. By his impetuosity he became the hero of the 
day's battle. 

' ' Finding it disagreeable to be so near the rebel works and seeing the 
effective fire upon his soldiers. Colonel Bailey became lighting mad, and yelled 
out in thundering tones that rang along the line : ' Boys, its getting too d — d 
hot here. Let us go for the cussed rebels !' 

" Before the last word was out of his mouth, with his sword flashing in 
the air, he was on a quick run toward the rebel works. With a wild hurrah 
his entire command joined him in the race. Others to the right and left, 
without a moment's delay or a single command, started on the run, and thus, 
with wild cheers, the whole Union line joined in the charge. 

"The disheartened Confederates, remembering the pounding they had 
received the day before at Champion's Hill, abandoned their works, and were in 
a hot race to the rear before our men had reached their intrenchments. * * * 
The 33d was soon inside the rebel works, being the first troops inside the main 
part of the fort." 



THIRTEENTH ARMY CORPS. 81 



ROBERT F. BARTLETT'S ADDRESS. 

Robert F. Bartlett, First Sergeant Company D, 96tli 
Ohio Volunteer Infantry, late Secretary of the Corps 
Association, was introduced and made the following 
address : 
Mr. President and Comrades: 

I sincerely hope that the surviving members of the 
13th Army Corps will become members of the 13th Army 
Corps Association. Less has been done by the members 
of the Corps to perpetuate the history of its glorious 
achievements than by the ex-members of any other corps. 
An organization of the survivors can do more to accom- 
plish that end than any other. It was the misfortune of 
our Corps to have been detached from the Army of the 
Tennessee and sent to serve in the Department of the 
Galf. It was also unfortunate in being, at one time, tem- 
porarily disbanded ; but it was again reorganized and was 

Robert F. Bartlett enlisted as a private in Company 

D. 96th Regiment of Oiiio Volunteers, August 2d, 1862. from 

his native County, Morrow, in Ohio, at the close of the 

freshman year in the Ohio Wesfeyan University, where he 

^^^^ had been in college two years. 

^^^^^ ^^^^ He was promoteil to Sergeant and afterward to First Ser- 

"f^H ^^^^^^ geant. At the charge and capture of Arkansas Post, Arkan- 

^^ Jtf^ ■' sas, January 11th, 1863. he was wounded in the head by a 

piece of a shell, and at the battle of Grand Coteau, Lousiana. 

November 3d, 1863. he received a gunshot wound in the left fore-arm and elbow, 

from which his left arm was amputated. 

He was in the Vicksburg campaign and siege, having been present at the 
first attack at Chickasaw Bayou, December 28-29th, 1862, and at the surrender 
July 4lh, 1863. 

Since the war he served nine years as Clerk of Courts in his native coun- 
ty, and since June, 1878, has been in the practice of the law. 

At the '23d National Encampment of the G. A. R. he was a delegate from 
Ohio, and at the meeting at Milwaukee in September, 1889. to organize the 13th 
Army Corps Association, was elected Secretary of the Association, and has been 
untiring in his efforts to promote the same. 




82 FIRST REUNION OF 



ill the last battles of the war in the campaign about Mo- 
bile Bay. 

The leading part our corps took under the commands 
of Geuerals McClernand and Ord in the Vicksburg cam- 
paign and siege and its achievements in the Department 
of the Gulf, and especially at Forts Blakely, Gaines and 
Morgan, near Mobile, under the command of General Gor- 
don Granger, make its history heroic, and it was the peer 
of any of the great army corps. 

But I arose. Sir, to speak of its Association, in which 
I have taken great interest, and I think every soldier who 
ever belonged to the old corps ought to feel it a pleasure 
to belong to the Association. The Association, as it now 
exists, was organized in this manner : At a meeting, or 
reunion of General A. J. Smith's Division, at Columbus, 
Ohio, on September 12th, 1888, a committee was appoint- 
ed to report a constitution at the reunion of the corps, 
which was announced to meet at Milwaukee at the time 
of the next National Encampment of the Grand Army of 
the Republic in 1889. That committee consisted of John 
L. Boakes, 83d Ohio, Cincinnati, Ohio; Dr. W C. Raynor, 
23d Wisconsin, Milwaukee, Wis.; Henry W. Crosier, 17th 
Ohio Battery, Washington C. H., Ohio; John Merriman, 
67th Indiana, Columbus, Ind.; Colonel Thomas J. Lucas, 
16th Indiana, Lawrenceburg, Ind , and myself. I was 
made chairman of the committee by the meeting. 

The committee appointed at Columbus reported a con- 
stitution to a meeting of the survivors of the corps, held 
in Plymouth Church, Milwaukee, August 28th, 1889, at 
which Captain Charles A. Dibble, 29th Wisconsin, was 
chairman. The constitution was amended and adopted. 
The admission fee was placed at fifty cents and the annual 
dues at twenty-five cents, which were too low, and, in my 
judgment, ought to be increased. The Association can 
not prosper, financially, until they are increased. At the 
meeting at Milwaukee General J. J. Guppey, late Colonel 
of the 23d Wisconsin, was elected chairman, and myself 



THIETEENTH ARMY CORPS. 83 

secretary of the meeting. No meeting of the Association 
has been held since until now, and to the comrades of the 
local committee of our corps we are indebted for this very 
pleasant reunion and meeting of our Association to-day. 

Comrades, it is a matter of pride to be able to say that 
we took part in the Vicksburg campaign, or that we were 
at Arkansas Post, or at Forts Gaines, Morgan and Blakely, 
or at Mobile, or at any other of the conflicts with the 
enemy in which our Corps was engaged ; and we ought to 
keep fresh the history of them, and perpetuate that his- 
tory, by making our 13th Army Corps Association a per- 
manent and vigorous organization. 

The heroes of the 13th Army Corps have suffered in 
reputation because of the lack of such an organization. 
Whilst the survivors of other corps have been making 
valuable additions to the history of their organizations, 
ours has been resting on the laurels so gallantly won and 
trusting to history to justify their claims. 

My comrades, we did not make our reputation by 
allowing things to take their course, but we made it with 
our good swords and faithful guns, backed up by the 
indomitable bravery and unflagging endurance of gallant 
western men, with hearts true as the steel they carried 
and a patriotism as inextinguishable as the fires of Vesu- 
vius. And now, my comrades, let us be as untiring and 
as faithful in transmitting the history of those achieve- 
ments to posterity as we were in making it. 



Major John S. Ferguson, of the 28th Iowa, in response 
to calls of the comrades, and upon invitation of the Presi- 
dent, took the platform and spoke feelingly upon the 
question of adopting a Corps Badge. 



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MAJOR FERGUSON'S ADDRESS. 

.!//•. President and Comrades: 

I .'iin not ashamed of the record the 13th Army Corps 
made duriiiK' the war. Her long marches, skirmishes, 
l.altlcs Toiiudit and victories won add to the glories 
ol' tile period from 1861 to 18()5. There were just 
as uood ofliccrs and soldiers in the 18th Corps as there 
wtTf in the fiehl supporting the grand old Stars and 
Stripes. The ollicers and men of the Corps did as good 
lighting as any other to put down the Rebellion. Her 
lecord stands second to no other. I have been wondering 
lor twenty-five years why we have no Corps Badge. If it 
was because of our superior service in the field, and we 
have refrained from adopting one for that reason, I am 
content. Notwithstanding our exceptionally gallant ser- 




JoHN S. Ferguson was born iu Beaver County, Penn- 
sylvania. October. 1880. At eight years of age he emigrated 
to Indiana, and from thence to Iowa in 1848; married Miss J. 
H. Odell, 18.^4; was licensed a local preacher in the M. E. 
Church in 185(5, farmed until I860, entering the itineracy that 
year. When the Hag of his country was insulted, he at once 
went to enlisting men for the war, sending forward a num- 
ber of troops: then he went to the front as Fifth Sergeant of 
Company F. 'isili Iowa Infantry, lie was with the regiment in fourteen hard 
fought battles, besides numerous skirmishes. He was with General Banks, and 
at Saliine Cross Uoads. La., April 8, 18<i4, lost his right arm at the elbow and 
received ten other wounds, and taken prisoner and held at Mansfield 98 days, 
and lost !>t5 jmunds of flesh because of the poor bill of fare. He was mustered 
<iul in August, 1865, as brevet Major for meritorious conduct. At the close of 
tile war he re-entered the ministry, traveling up to 188:{: his health failing, he 
was put on the sui^ernumary list. In that year he was appointed Superintend- 
ent of the National Cemetery. Keokuk. Iowa, where he yet remains. In 1886 
he organized the Prisoners of War Association in Missouri, was elected first 
President and has been re-elected each year. He served three years as Depart- 
Mu-nl Chaplain, (J. A. H.. in Missouri. He is now serving his third year as 
Chaplain of ihe National Association of Prisoners of War. Ever ready to help 
a needy comrade in life, and after to plant a rose on his grave and guard the spot 
with watchful eve. 



THIRTEENTH ARMY CORPS. 85 

vice, I believe we ought to have a badge. I have been 
attending encampments for fifteen years and have heard 
a good deal of talk about it in that time, but have seen 
no badge. I believe that at St. Louis some steps were 
taken to have one adopted. A committee was appointed 
with full power to act. I have not seen this report or any 
design for a badge adopted by them. Now, comrades, let 
us act on the matter at once. Let us do something now 
and stop delaying. 

Our comrades are dropping off rapidly and passing 
over the dark river without the knowledge that a badge 
may be possessed by their children as an evidence of the 
fact that their fathers were members of that organization. 
Action now will bring joy to the survivors. We must 
organize and get in good working order, and then there 
will be larger inducements to attend the reunions each 
year. 

The regiment to which I belonged, the 28th Iowa In- 
fantry, played no small part at Coldwater, Grand Gulf, 
Port Gibson, Raymond, Champion's Hill, Black River 
Bridge, Vicksburg, Jackson, and a great many skirmishes 
and less important actions. 

The 18th Corps was compelled to do most of its work 
in swamps and overflowed lands. 

Now, comrades, I thank you for your attention, and 
may God bless you and keep us that we may meet next 
fall and have a grand reunion. 



Note — The cut at head of proceedings of the 13th Corps is the badge 
adopted by the survivors of that Corps at Milwaukee. Wisconsin, at the G. A. R. 
Encampment in that city in 1889 and affirmed by the meeting in Washington 
in 1892. 

It is a canteen, with General Grant's bust in relief on the front and the 
letters U. S. on the back, suspended by chains from a horizontal bar. 

The proper committee is now negotiating for the necessary dies to make 
the badge, and it is hoped to have them ready to deliver to all comrades who 
desire them at the meeting at Indianapolis next year. 



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WASHINGTON, IJ. C, SEPT. 22, 1892, 



AT l.JJO o'clock, fSHKRMAN TENT). 



COIVIIVirTTEE OF AF^RflflGEMBNTS AJ^D FJECEPTION. 



Chairman, General Green J5. Kaum, 
Vice Chairman, Captain George W, Wilson. 
Recording Secretary, Sergeant Byron W. Bonney. 
Corresponding Secretary, Captain ThoH. J. Spencer, 
(^aartermast-er. Captain H. W. BreNford. 



Serg't Byron \V. Bonney, 47th O. V. r. 

Capt. H. W BrelHford, With O. V. I. 

Maj. Wm. C. Carroll, l.'ith Illinois Cavalry. 

(;apt. Beiij. F. Darling, 9th Iowa V. I. 

B. F. Entrikin, 8tli Wisconsin V. I. 

(ien. Thomas C. P'letcher. .'ilst Mo. V, I. 

Maj. John B. Foster, 4(5th (Jhio. 

Capt. A D. (Jaston, 20th Iowa. 

W. M. (ioodlove, ."iVth Ohio. 

Lieut. J. E. Hart, 12th Indiana. 

Col. B. F. Ilawkes, 78th Ohio. 

Serg't M. .1. Iliieston. 13th U. S. Infantry. 

Gen. Chas E. Hovey. .'Wd Illinois. 

Capt. S. N. Hoyt, 7th Illinois. 

A. J. .loslyn. ll.'ith Illinois. 

Capt. Jos. W. King, 'J!)Ih Illinois. 

Capt. A. F. Kingsley, 1.3th Illinois. 

Capt. .John A. Lynch, A. Q. M. 



Val. .Mendel, (ith Iowa. 

J. W. Neff, .54th Ohio. 

Assist. Surg. Wm. Newell, 12th Illinois. 

Lient. .J. F. Peetry. a.ith Ohio. 

Maj. Wm. B. Pratt, .31st Missouri. 

Gen. Green B. Kaum, .V)th Illinois. 

.1. E. Kichmond. 8 )th Ohio. 

Lieut. Richard Roman. l.'Jth U. S. Infantry. 

Lient. J. S, Roy, 40lh Illinois. 

Capt. Samuel Snow, 25th Iowa. 

Capt. Thos. J. Spencer, Ist Alabama Cav. 

Capt. F. D Stephenson. 48th Illinois, 

Lieut. F. M. Taylor, 29th .Missouri. 

Asst. Surg. II. West Vail, U. S. A. 

Serg't .1. D. Watson, 10th Missouri. 

Edward Welsh. .">4th Ohio. 

Capt. Geo. W. WiNon. .-)ltti Ohio. 



SUB-COmmiTTEES. 



EXECUTIVE— Wm. C. Carroll, Chairman. Chas. E. Hovey, A. D. Gaston, M. J. Hneston, George 

W. Wilson, .1. T. Peetry. 

il^viTATiONS— Chas. E. Hovey, Chairman. Thos. C. Fletcher, Wm. B. Pratt, Samuel W. Snow, 
Wm, C, Carroll, Benj F. Darling, Byron W. Bonney, 

BADGES— Geo. W. Wilson, Chairman, Henry West Vail, B. F. Hawkes. 



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REPORT OF THE PROCEEDINGS 

— OP THE — 

FIRST ANNUAb REUNION 



SURVIVORS OF THE 15th ARMY CORPS, 



SHERMAN TENT, GRAND ARMY PLACE, 
Washiington, 13. C-, September 22, 1892. 



Washinciton, D. C, Sept. 1, 1892. 

/^oMRADEs: The Regiments 
of the 15th Army Corps, 
as you will remember, were 
mostly enlisted in 1861 and 
1862. Some of them were 
in all the important battles 
of Grant's western army. 
They were at Fredericktown 
Belmont, Fort Henry, Don- 
elson, Shiloh, siege of Cor- 
inth, Inka, the battle of 
('(jrintli and of the Hatchie. They shared in the assault 
on Vicksburg Heights from Chickasaw Bayon, and in the 
capture of Arkansas Post. They went down the Yazoo 
Pass. They dug in the cut-off canal. They were part of 




FIFTEENTH ARMY CORPS. 91 

the army that crossed the Mississippi below Vicksburg, 
in May, 1863, and in twenty-two days fought five battles 
and assaulted the defensive works of that world-famous 
fortress. They joined in the siege which resulted in the 
surrender of Vicksburg, July 4, 1863. They immediately 
marched upon Jackson and dispersed General Johnston's 
army. They went by steamboat to Memphis, thence 
marched 300 miles to the relief of Chattanooga, and 
fought at Missionary Ridge. They then hurried to the 
relief of Knoxville. As part of the Army of the Tennes- 
see, they were in the campaign against Atlanta ; were one 
hundred days under fire and fought in its battles. This 
army alone fought and defeated Hood's army, July 22, 
when its commander, McPherson, fell. Parts of it held 
Altoona Pass and Resaca against Hood. With it they 
(the 15th Corps) were on the great march to the sea, 
fought at Griswoldville and captured Fort McAllister. 
They entered Savannah about Christmas and rested three 
weeks. On January 16, 1865, they started, on their last 
campaign, through the Carolinas. It was winter. The 
first day they encountered a tremendous storm, which 
caused the greatest flood in the Savannah river in fifty 
years. Their camps were necessarily pitched in mud and 
water. The roads were almost impassable. They swam 
or bridged swollen streams ; they overcame every impedi- 
ment ; they fought in Sherman's battles; they helped to 
drive the enemy before them ; they witnessed the surren- 
der of the opposing army under General Jo. Johnston ; 
they marched from Raleigh on to Richmond, wliere, for 
the first time, they touched elbows with the great Army 
of the Potomac, and finally they completed at Washing- 
ton their long circuit of the insurgent States and took 
part in the Grand Review. From first to last they had 
marched many thousands of miles and fought in hun- 
dreds of battles ; and now that the end had come, they 
turned their faces homeward to the great West, whence 
they came, conscious of having done their full share 



92 FIRST REUNION OF 



toward maintaining, unimpaired, the integrity of the 
Union of the States. On reaching their homes they re- 
sumed the occupations of private life — many of them join- 
ing the pioneers of that splendid civilization which has 
covered the new empire beyond the Mississippi. 

Such is tlie record ; and now, after twenty-seven 
years of unparalleled progress in peace, an opportunity is 
offered to the survivors of the great Patriot Army, of 
which our corps was a part, to revisit the National Capi- 
tal in an official way — some to look once more upon the 
scenes of hard-fought battles in which they participated, 
others to pass again over the line of the Grand Review, 
and still others, who campaigned on distant fields, to visit 
the historic city of the Republic, where Lincoln lived — 
and died — a martyr for his country. 

It is part of the programme of the forthcoming En- 
campment of the Grand Army of the Republic to have 
Corps Reunions on the fifty-acre lot, known as the White 
Lot, south of the Executive Mansion. This reservation, 
which it is proposed to christen "Grand Army Place," is 
ample, convenient and well adapted for the purpose. On 
it, near the (tenter, will be erected a number of spacious 
tents in which to hold the reunions, and around its edge 
will also be erected thirty-two large tents as corps head- 
quarters, where comrades may report and register on arri- 
val, and where members of the Reception Committees 
will be in attendance to give information. Connected 
with each of these corps headquarters' tents will be a 
number of smaller tents for the use of brigades and regi- 
ments, where reunions can be arranged for, if desired. 

It only remains for us, who happen to be residents, 
or temporarily in Washington, to invite our comrades of 
the 15th Corps to come and unite with the G. A. R. in its 
National Encampment, to be held in this city on the 20th 
to the 23d of September, 1892. You will be expected to 
take possession of the Capital during encampment week. 
The local committee will aid as best they can. You need 



FIFTEENTH ARMY CORPS. 93 

not stand upon the order of your coming, but come in any 
order you please. When you get here, report at Grand 
Army Place, south of the Executive Mansion, at the corps 
headquarters' tent, which has for a sign a Cartridge Box 
and 40 Hounds. The latch-string of the front door of that 
tent will hang out all the time. 

Charles E. Hovey, Chairman. 

2d Brig. 1st Div. 
Thos. 0. Fletchi:r, William C. Carroll, 

1st Brig. 1st Div. 12th 111. Cav. (A. D. C.) 
William B. Pratt, Benj. F. Darling, 

21st Mo. (A.D. C.) 9th Iowa. 

Samuel W. Snow, Byron W. Bonney, 

25th Iowa. 47tli Ohio. 

Committee on Invitation. 



SECRETARY'S REPORT. 



Sherman Tent, Washington, D. C. Sept. 22, 1892. 

General Raum called the veterans of the 15th Corps 
to order in the Sherman Tent, on Grand Army Place, at 
1:30 p. M., Thursday, Sept. 22, 1892, and was himself 
elected to preside, and C. H. Noble, of the 18th Illinois 
Infantry, to act as Secretary. 

The presiding officer, after a word of welcome, intro- 
duced General Thomas Ewing, of Ohio, as the first 
speaker ; and after him, in order, ex-Governor Thomas 
C. Fletcher, of Missouri, Gen. Granville M. Dodge, Iowa, 
Comrade Wm. A. Croffut, of Connecticut, and Major 
Charles Townsend, of Ohio. 

Mrs. Logan, Mrs. Hazen, Mrs. Chas. Ewing and Mrs. 
Hovey, accepted seats on the platform as guests of the 
Corps, having been specially escorted to the Reunion by 
the Logan Camp Sons of Veterans, headed by tlie Wausau, 
Wisconsin, band, under the direction of Major Wm. C. 



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Carroll, Cliairniaii of the Local Executive Committee. 
John A. Logan, Jr., John McLean Hazen, and Charles 
Ewing, Jr., sons of Generals Logan, Hazen and Ewing, 
respectively, were also on the platform. 

The exercises were enlivened by war songs, and by 
plentiful cheering of all the speakers. 

At the conclusion of the proceedings in the Sherman 
Tent, the veterans formed in line, headed by the band, 
and marched to the Grant Tent, where the Reunion of 
the Army of the Tennessee took place. 

C. H. Noble, Secretary. 



The officers of the Logan Camp Sons of Veterans 
were : 

Charles Conrad, Captain, Mitchell Skinner, ist Lieut., 

O. M. Budlong, 2d Lieut., C. LeRoy Parker, ist Sergt., 

H. A. Hullfish, 2d Sergt., Chas. E. Saj'les, 2d Sergt., 

— Bond, Color Sergt., F. M. Skinner, Quartermaster. 

OFFICERS OF THE 3D REGIMENT BAND, W. N. G. , WAUSAU, WIS. 

F. G. Dana, Business Manager and Musical Director, 

A. V. Gearheart, Secretary and Treasurer, 

B. W. Pulling, Drum Major, 
Bert Dunbar, Sergeant Major. 

MEMBERS AND INSTRUMENTATION. 

H. W. Tuller, picolo, Grant White, 2d B flat cornet, 

Geo. Boehringer, E flat clarionet, Will Wylie, solo alto, 

Ruben Lyon, solo B flat clarionet, F. R. McCuUough, 2d alto, 

C. Bandeline, 2d B flat clarionet, F. Heartel, 3d alto, 

J. \V. Parker, 3d B flat clarionet, Robt. Clarke, trombone soloist, 

Ralph Wylie, soprano saxophone, F. R. Houston, 2d trombone, 

J. C. Alderson, alto saxophone, Ed. Slimmer, bass trombone, 

Ed Olson, tenor saxophone, A. V. Gearheart, solo euphonium, 

J. Fischer, baritone saxophone, D. W. White, E flat bass, 

Frank Bliss, E flat cornet, Fred Burns, tenor drum, 

F. G. Dana, solo B flat cornet, V. J. Splain, drum and cymbols, 

Rus Tvvon, ist B flat cornet, O. L. Ellis, color sergeant. 



FIFTEENTH AEMY CORPS. ^5 

AS ESCORT MUSIC THE BAND PLAYED : 

"The Pilot" March, - - - By Geo. D. Sherman. 

"The Princess" March, - - - By Geo. D. Sherman. 

Major Price's March, - - - By Geo. D. Sherman. 

Free Press March, - - - - Bv Geo. D. Sherman. 

General Palmer's Alarch, - - . - By Tregia. 

AT THE REUNIONS, IN THE TENTS, THE BAND PLAYED: 

Recollections of the War, ----- 



Selection — Journey Through Africa - By F. V. Suppe. 
Overture — Martha, - - - By Fr. V. Flotovv. 

Happy Thought Fantasie, (tuba solo), - By I. Beasler. 
Danube Wave — Waltz, - - - By J. Ivanovici. 

Tanhauser March, ------ 

William Tell, - - 



Organ Voluntary, ----- By Pettee. 



96 FIRST REUNION OF 



Reporters' Notes, Speeches, Etc. 



Wlu'ii the veteran survivors of the 15th Army Corps 
liad assembled in the Siierman Tent, General Green B. 
Raum, Chairman of the Local Committee of Arrange- 
ments, said : 

(\)iiir(i(lex of the loth Corps: 

By direction of the Local Committee of the Corps, 
the ai^reeable duty has been assigned to me of bidding 
you welcome to the City of Washington on this interest- 
ing occasion — the assembling of the 26th Annual En- 
campment of the Grand Army of the Republic. We bid 
you welcome in the name of patriotism and in the name 
of loyalty to the National Capitol you did so much to 
save. 

In calling you to order, the first question before you 
is the choice of a presiding officer for the Reunion. This 
(luestion is now in your hands. 

U|)ou motiou. Geueral Raum was chosen Chairman, 
and C'. H. Xoble, Secretary. 

After the election of officers the exercises proceeded 
as follows : 

The I * rex i (lent: 

I take great pleasure in ])resenting to you a distin- 
guished son of Ohio, who, although not a soldier of the 
l.')tii Aiiiiy Corps, performed gallant services on other 
fields, and is endeared to us because of his relationship to 
(ieneral Sherman and because his two brothers. Gen. 
Hugh Ewing and Gen. Charles Ewing, both served in 
our Corps. I am much gratified to be able to present 
(ien. 'I'hoinas Kwinu\ who will now address you. 



FIFTEENTH ARMY CORPS. 97 



GEN. EWING'S ADDRESS. 

My Comrades: 

I am not a veteran of the 15tli Army Cori)s. I entered 
the army from Kansas, and served hi Missouri, Arkansas 
and the Indian Territory, with the troops which formed 
the 7th Corps. I came here to-day at the invitation of 
General Hovey, and to escort my sister, who now sits 
l:>eside me, the widow of my beloved brother, General 
Charles Ewing, whom you all know and who loved you 
all — one of the bravest, kindest and ablest of the Ameri- 
can youth who followed Tecumseh's flag through the 
war. Sherman and he lived together in St. Louis before 
rebellion. Sherman saw the storm gathering and recog- 
nized in advance its tremendous potencies. When it 



Thomas Ewino was Chief Justice of the Supreme Court 
of Kansas wheu the war broke out, and resigned that office 
and recruited the 11th Kansas Infantry, of which he was 
commissioned Colonel. He took part in the battles of Cane 
Hill, Prairie (Jrove and Van Buren in Arkansas, and was 
made Brigadier General of volunteers for gallant conduct at 
Prairie Grove. From May, 1863, to February, 1864, he com- 
manded the District of the Border, comprising Kansas, the 
Indian Terriiory and Western Missouri, and then was assigned 
to command the District of St. Louis. 

In September, 1864. General Sterling Price invaded Missouri with an army 
of 23.00U men. marching directly on St. Louis. Fort Davidson, a small earth- 
work mounting fourteen guns, was in Ewiug's district, near Pilot Knob, at the 
terminus of the Iron Mountain railroad. General Ewing took possession of this 
fort the day before Price reached it, with 1,080 men. Price, unwisely, attempt- 
ed to carry it by storm, but was repulsed with great slaughter. The night fol- 
lowing the assault, under cover of darkness, Ewing spiked his guns, withdrew 
his command, blew up the fort and marched for RoUa, sixty miles westward. 
He was pursued and harrassed by two divisions of Price's army, but carried his 
little command through in safety. The rebels were so crippled and delayed by 
tlie assault and pursuit that they abandoned the campaign and retired from the 
State. General Ewing was made Brevet-Ma.jor-CTeneral in recognition of his 
ability displayed in this cam|)aign. When the war ended he resumed the prac- 
tice of law. 




[)^ FIRST Kp:rNl<)N OF 



hnvM \w took tlie colonelcy of the 18th Regular Infantry, 
and my brother was appointed to the command of 
compaiiy A of that regiment, and marched under his 
great Captain from Arkansas to the sea. I can see him 
now, as he rode at the head of his splendid brigade, up 
Pennsylvania Avenue twenty-seven years ago. Thisishis 
eldest son, Charles Ewing, who will join the order of the 
Sons of Veterans, so that the services and honors of his 
nol)l(' father may be transmitted as long as the American 
people prize the liberties which the Union army won. 

What an astonishing concourse of veterans is now 
assembled in Washington. I remember well, the two 
days at the close of the war, when the Grand Armies of 
tlu^ 'IVnnessee andtlie Potomac marched down Pennsyl- 
vania Avenue a quarter of a million strong, amid the 
acclaim of a ciuarter of a million of citizens who filled the 
pavements and roofs of this now splendid city. Rome 
never accorded to her heroes returning from their con- 
(piests a triumph more glorious than that. We have 

Charles Ewing, referred to in the above address, 
was born at Lancaster. Ohio, March 6tli. 1885. In 
18()1. he entered the military service of the United 
States as Captain of Company A. in the 18th U. S. 
Infantry. For conspicuous gallantry in the Vicksburg 
campaign, he was promoted to be Inspector General of 
the l.-)th Army Corps, He followed Sherman's con(iuer- 
ing banner as Inspector (ieneral of the Army of the Mis- 
sissippi, and later as Brigade Commander. The records 
of the War Department show that he received three suc- 
cessive brevets in the regular army, two staff promotions and commission 
as Brigadier-General of volunteers, and that he bore an honorable part 
in the following battles and campaigns : Chickasaw Bayou, Arkansas Post, 
Deer Creek, Hnines' Blutt". Champion's Hill. Bridgeport, the two assaults 
on Vicksburg. the siege of Vicksburg. the siege of Jackson, battle of 
Colliersville, the Chattanooga campaign, battle of Missionary Ridge, march to 
Knoxville, battles of Dalton, Rcsaca, Cassville. New Hope Church, Kenesaw. 
Kiilfs Station. Peachtree Creek, Atlanta, .lonesborough. the Savannah cam- 
paign, and. finally, that he commanded the ^'d Brigade, 8d Division, 17th Army 
Corps, through the Caroiinas, ami at the battles of Averysborough and Benton- 
ville. He w:is pri'smt at the liual surrender of the Confederate army at Dur- 
liaiii Station. 




FIFTEENTH AKMY COEPS. 99 

now assembled again in Washington in a great reunion 
of that splendid army. Oar numbers are shrunken, for 
half our comrades are dead. Our step is less elastic, for 
we are growing old. But the patriotic fires which burned 
in our breasts a quarter of a century ago when we 
marched home from the war, will burn there as hotly as 
ever until death ends the scene. 

We look about us now, and see, not a mouldy strag- 
gling town of the days of slavery, but a glorious new- 
born metropolis instinct with the life and fire of the 
regenerated Republic, and filled with statues of the 
great commanders, who led us to victory. But let us not 
forget, and let not our descendants forget, that we owe 
our final triumph to no one or ten or an hundred great 
captains, splendid and effective as were their services. 
If Grrant and Sherman and Sheridan had never lived, the 
result would have been substantially the same. It was 
not to them chiefly, but to the resolute, intelligent, and 
noble officers and men around and behind them, that 
our final triumph was due, and to the equally resolute, 
intelligent and noble people behind the soldiery. It 
was due above all to the fact that, over our great 
captains, and over our splendid armies and magnificent 
people, animating all, guiding all, giving to all their 
power and success, was the spirit of the Creator and 
Ruler of the Republic — Almighty God. 

Every event of great moment to mankind is divinely 
directed. This was the greatest event in the annals of 
mankind since the advent of our Lord and Savior Jesus 
Christ. It sounded the death knell of slavery, and the 
birth of real free government. When our Republic 
became emancipated from slavery, and not till then, it 
was fitted to be the model and the exemplar for all the 
governments of mankind. Through its example, the 
world is fast becoming Republican. Napoleon said 
"Cossack or Republican." But he was only the blind 
instrument, the battering ram, to destroy old monarchies, 



(M) FIKST REUNION OF 



|.i-t'|)arat<)ry to that ^loi'ifnis coiisuiiiniation when all 
coiintrics will he ruled by their own citizens, and when 
the Union which we saved will lead the Republicans of 
the world to the highest reaches of National glory, illu- 
minated by the virtue, intelligence and fraternity of the 
l»t'()j)l('. 

To have helped unite the Republic and redeem it 
tioiii slavery and thus fit it for its divinely appointed 
mission, is the great pride and glory of our lives. Let us 
never forget the honor done us by being chosen instru- 
ments in this indescribably benilicent result. Let us 
cherish our comrades, and help them on, as we did when 
we trod the forests and fields of the South together. If 
one falls by the wayside, lift him up. If one needs 
refreshment.* give him from our canteen. Let us all stand 
Iielpfully and lovingly together, until the aged and 
lottei'ing n^mnants of this Grand Army of the Republic 
shall break up tlieir last encampment, and take transpor- 
tation Home. 



This speech was intently listened to by the veterans, 
who managed to make their ai)preciation of it known as 
the orator went along, and wlien he sat down. 

'Hie President: 

I now have the pleasure of introducing a man who 
not only served in our corps with great distinction, but 
who was elected (Tovernor of Missouri during war times 
and filled that position with honor. I introduce General 
and Governor Thomas C. Fletcher, of Missouri. 



FIFTEENTH ARMY (OKI'S. 101 



GENERAL FLETCHER'S ADDRESS. 

Comrades: 

The part borne ])y the Army of the Tennessee in tlie 
work of restoring and maintaining the National antliority 
was, in my opinion, the most important and most effective 
of that of any army engaged in that great conflict. Qui- 
commanders were five. Belmont, Henry, J)onelson. 
Shilo and the Repnblic rang and reverberated the name 
of our first commander, and with shonts and cheers of 
victory it echoed through the land till, as General of all 
our armies, his fame filled the world, and the Army of 
the Tennessee knew no pride so great as that it was or- 
ganized and first commanded by U. S. Grant. He never 
hesitated to say that it made the successes which made 
his earliest fame. If we were proud of him he was not 
less proud of us. His fame will last while history en- 
dures, and that of our Army of the Tennessee is so linked 
to that fame that its fame. too. will be fadeless forever. 
When he was called to a higher ccMnmand, in Septend)er, 
1863, no one ever thought of any other successor than the 




Thomas C. Fletcher is a native Missourian. and tiie 
first native Missourian ever made Governor of bis State. He 
entered the military service of the United States, as a volun- 
teer, early in IS'il. and for a time was Provost Marshal of 
Missouri. He was senior Colonel of Blair"s famous Missouri 
Brigade. He led his regiment in the charge at Chickasaw 
Bayou, December 2i). 1862. where he was wounded and 
taken prisoner. After his exchange, he took part in the cap- 
ture of Vicksburg. At one time he commanded a brigade. He participated in 
the assault on Lookout Mountain and in the Atlanta campaign. While on that 
campaign he became ill and had to be sent back to the hospital. He was subse- 
quently elected Governor. He recruited the 4Tth and oOlh regiments of Missou- 
ri volunteers, taking command of the former. He was second in comm;ind at 
the battle of Pilot Knob and was brovetted a Brigadier General for gallant con- 
duct on that occasion. He is a Grand Army man and a meml)erof the Loyal 
Legion and of the Society of the Army of the Tennessee. 



102 FIRST RiiuNioisr oi' 



man who had been Grant's right arm from the beginning. 
We, of the old 15th Corps especially, waked the echoes of 
the hills with our shouts when Sherman took command 
of our army, and soon all the other corps vied with us in 
honoring, trusting and loving the great captain who so 
well succeeded Grant, till he, too, at last became General 
of all the armies. Tlie centuries will not dim the glory 
that lies like a halo around the name of our second com- 
mander, when, on the lUth of March, ISOtt, he was assigned 
to the command of the military division of the Missis- 
sippi. And our third commander came from the command 
of a corps a trained and educated soldier; an American 
gentleman in the highest and broadest and best sense of 
that designation. He had joined Grant at Cairo on the 
1st of February, 1862, as a Lieutenant Colonel and Chief 
of Engineers. Honored, loved and confided in by Grant 
and Sherman and by our whole army ; younger than 
either of them ; their equal in everything except their 
experience ; gallant, knightly soldier ; he was the only 
commander of an army of the Union forces in all that 
great war who fell in battle. You all do recollect that 
22d day of July — its fire and blood and gloom, and the 
wild passion for revenge which swept along our lines 
with the announcement that McPhersonhad fallen. Then 
a moment of pause, the army without a commander — only 
a moment — when, like a bugle blast, there rang out the 
voice of the Commander of tlie 15tli Corps as he dashed 
to the front, his sword gleaming in the air and his steed 
flecked with foam, and the Army of the Tennessee had 
another commander, and a wild cheer shook the leaves 
of the forest and echoed afar over the mountains as we 
recognized General John A. Logan, and under his com- 
mand tlie battle went on. It was on the 26th of July that 
our next leadei- assumed command. I rejoice to see him 
here to-day. Of all our five commanders he only is left 
to us. We rejoice that he still wears the sword of a sol- 
dier, and I am sure we all unite in an earnest prayer that 



FIKTEKNTH ARMY COUPS. 1()H 



General O. O. Howard may be spared yet many years to 
iii^, his comrades and to the country he has so well served. 
He continued in conniiand until assigned to other duty, 
on the 10th of May, 1865, when our great volunteer- sol- 
dier, Logan, again took the command and finally marched 
the army, crowned with victory, and the peace wliicii 
came from victory, to stack our arms and return to our 
loved ones at home — the national authority fully asserted 
and our flag waving in beauty and victory, uncliallenged, 
from sea to sea and from the lakes to the gulf. General 
Rawlins, writing of Logan, styled him "tlie daring, intre- 
pid soldier of volunteers, who carved his name with his 
sword as high up on the column of fame and to be as long 
read there as any army commander of the war." 

Comrades, if the time allotted me permitted, I would 
love to wake up some reminiscences and express some im- 
pressions of our corps and division commanders, l)ut I 
will not exceed the time apportioned to those of us wlio 
are called for brief extemporaneous talks. 



Governor Fletcher is constitutionally unable to make 
a speech without indulging in sundry laughabk^. anec- 
dotes or reminiscences, and he illustrated this peculiarity 
on the present occasion But it is diflicult to writ(! out 
these anecdotes so as to preserve their wit and humor, and 
the reporter has not attempted it. 

When the Governor had concluded, the band struck 
up "Marching Through Georgia," and the veterans joined 
in the chorus. 

The President: 

I take peculiar pleasure in introducing the next 
speaker. He has distinguished himself in so many fields 
of endeavor that his military career, although conspicu- 
ous, seems only to have opened the way to a great and 
useful life. This man was a close friend of Sherman, an 
intimate of McPherson and IvOgan. and commanded the 



H»4 FIR6T OiKINK'N (U" 



l»>th Army Corps. He was always to be found at the riijlit 
place precisely at the right time, as you have a right so 
well to knowl when you recall the conspiiuious part he 
took in the battle of Peach Tree Creek. July -J-J. 18iU. 
Conu-ades. I have the honor to present General (^renville 
M. l>odu>e. 



GENERAL DODGE'S ADDRESS. 

Mr. Pt'exident and Comrade-^ of the I'dh Army Corp-^: 

It is a great satisfaction to me to receive so kindly a 
greeting from you and that your President here gives me 
the opportunity to say a word to you. As you all know. 
I was ne^t a member of the 15th Army Corps, although I 
served akmgside of it and saw its deeds on a great many 
fields: and I also knew personally, and in the friendliest 
way. during the war and after the war. your great chief. 
General Li)gan. And it is a great satisfaction to me to 
see here on the platform the wives ot those men who com- 
manded you so well. Mrs. Logan, Mrs. Hazen. Mrs. Ewing, 
and Mrs. Huvey. Every one and all of them were and are 
better generals than we were. Then, again. I have a great 
love for the 15th Army Corps, because in it and sharing 
all its fortunes and all its battles and all its victories, is 
my own regiment, the 4th Iowa Infantry, the one I took 
into service and into its first great battle, where it won 
luy first star. And General Logan said to me once. 
• Dodge. I think a great deal more of you than I did since 
1 .saw the fighting qualities of the 4th Iowa." And now, 
my comrades, it has been a great surprise and a great sat- 
isfaction to see so many of you present here in Washing- 
ton, looking so well and feeling so well, and I hope you. 
one and all. may live to come to more of these meetings. 
Thanking you again for your kindly reception. I say 
LTood day to you. [Cheers and clapping of hands. J 



FIFTKENTH AKMY CORPS. 105 



The President. 



Comrade.s. I now desire to present to yon a man who, 
(leseending from the Mount of Song, will recite to you an 
original poem, in wiiicli 1 know you will take a keen 
interest. T take pleasni-e in introducing ( "omrade Wm. 
A. Croffut. 



A VISION. 



BV W. A. CROFFUT. 

Last nigiit I dreamt a dream of ill 
That made my^ veins with terror chill. 
And my poor, quivering heart stand still. 

I dream't foul Treason's dreadful blow 
Had laid the great Republic low, 
And slain it — thirty years ago. 

The old Confederate chief to me 
The Nation's head appeared to be : 
Its capital — Montgomery. 

Potomacs pride was sad to view ; 
For cattle browsed and grasses grew 
[n every spacious avenue. 

Its homes were blighted with decay : 
Its wn'etched hovels hid from day : 
Its temples tall in ruin lay. 



■ 



N^ 



\V. A. Crokp'it. born iu Redding. Connect kul. was :i 
member of the 1st Minnesota, and \sas a correspondent 
of the JSlcir York Tribune iu the field. Since the war be 
^ has followed the profession of journalist and correspond- 

ent. He has been ed tor-in chief of the Xtir Iluren Pal- 
Iddiuin. Ror/ttfifer Democrat. Chiiayo Erening Poi*t. Min- 
^^^^___ neapolix Tribune and Wnshington Post; has contributed 
ic^^^S^^R largely to the chief New York dailies and has sent syndicate 
letters to liundreds of papers. He is the author of seven books. 
"A Midsummer Lark." 'The War History of Connecticut." 'The Vanderbilts 
and Their Fortune." " Bourl)on Bdllad.s." "A Helping Hand," "Desert" 
and 'Folks Next Door." He has written two volumes of poetry and is now 
editor of the U. S. Geological Surrei/ at yVashiagXou. 




106 FIRST REUNION OF 



Hushed was the patriot's glad acclaim, 
And haggard Want was wed to Shame, 
In mockery of a hero's name. 

Beneath the dome's high architrave 
^\n auctioneer, in trappings brave, 
►Sold on the block a helpless slave. 

Across the green sward impotent 
A baleful broken shadow bent — 
A torso of the monument. 

(jrim J^ondage over all the land. 
From lucent lake to ocean strand. 
Had laid its paralvzing hand. 

Labor fought Hunger as it could. 
For Wealth withdrew in sullen mood 
And wheel and spindle silent stood. 

And Death held Freedom as a guest. 

In Slavery's shroud her limbs were dressed, 

The asp was at her perfect breast. 

I dreamt, and struggled with dismay — 
The monstrous Ogre on me lay ; — 
I shook it ofT — and it was day. 

I looked and saw fair visions come — 
The silver bubble of the dome — 
And knew that Freedom had a home ! 

I saw yon finished shaft immersed 
In radience stand — the golden burst 
Of sunrise touched its summit first. 

With color all the air was bright, 
For blossoms, blue and red and white. 
Had climbed the halyards in the night. 

I heard the drums exultant rout — 
I siezed a flag and shook it out 
And shouted to the answering shout 

"Hurrah ! proclaim the happy din ! 

Columbia's sons are all akin ; 

The homestead's safe ! Come in ! Come in ! 



FIFTEENTH ARMY CORPS. ' lOI 



"Come in and rest, ye worn and scarred ; 
A world's applause is your reward — 
Freedonrs exultant body-guard I 

''Come bind again her virgin zone 
And sit beside her burnished throne — 
Her opulent halls are all your own ! " 

The power and beauty of tins poem so impressed the 
romrades that they insisted upon expressing their appre- 
ciation of it by a formal vote of thanks to its author. 

The President: 

A call has been made for Major Townsend, a soldier 
from the great State of Ohio, which sent so many men— 
so many distinguished men— to the front. He fought side 
by side with you upon many a field and won laurels of 
which any soldier may be proud. 

I present Major (Jharles Townsend of the 80th Ohio 
Volunteers. 

MAJOR TOWNSEND'S ADDRESS. 

Mr. President: 

1 came not expecting to speak, but to meet my com- 
rades, enjoy their society and have the pleasure of hear- 
ing. But i am called upon and requested to aid in enter- 
taining the audience. I was a volunteer in the war, be- 
cause volunteers were needed. 1 was not drafted. And 
now. therefore, being called, I will adhere to the analogy 
of my military service and answer the call. 

Charles Townsend was born in Belmont County. ().. 
December 22, 1834, and was reared on a farm. He gradua- 
ted, through his own unaided effort, from the Ohio Univer- 
sity before the late war. and from tlie Law Department of 
the University of Cincinnati just after the war. 

At the beginning of the rebellion he was teaching, as 
principal, of Decamp Institute, in his native Stnte, which 
place he relinquished, and. without commission, enlisted, 
alon^'-with 120 other volunteeis. for the suppression of the 






108 ■ FIRST REUNION OF 



There is one phase of our military service that pre- 
served the country intact, maintained her liberties and 
^ave assurance of our capacity of self-government, which 
has been little referred to; and that is the character of 
the soldiery that maintained the Union. We were not 
regulars, we were citizen-soldiers. Citizens voluntarily 
going into the ranks of war, in numbers more than 
2,800,000, for the patriotic purpose of maintaining the 
free constitution and laws of our land. With our hearts 
upon the preservation of the constitution and the main- 
tenance of the integrity of the country, as a sailor guid- 
ing his ship on the bosom of the great deep, keeps his eye 
day and night, in sunshine and in storm, if possible, 
upon the polar star, so the volunteer ever kept his eyes 
on the purpose to maintain and uphold the Union. 

We were citizens in arms, controlled and disciplined 
for the [)uri)()ses of war; and as citizens in arms, we were 
wedded and remained wedded to the interests of the 
Republic. We had no intent other than that of the pa- 
triot, and no lo\'e of self, but only love for our common 
country. We did not think of our pay, we did not think 
of the pomi) and circumstance of war; we thought only 
of duty and of vic-tory in maintaining the life of the 
Republic. 

It is to the citizen-soldier and the s|)irit that led him, 
tliat tlie preservation of the Union is due. 

Had not the volunteer been imbued with a profound 
love of the country, its institutions, its laws and its lib- 
erties, the Union would have been destroyed. And 



rebellion. He served as Captain and as Major of the 30th Ohio Infantry in West 
Virginia. Virginia and in Maryland, until after the battle of Antietam. He was 
then transferred to the 15th Armv Cori)s, and served in that corps, beginning at 
the siege of Vicksburg. on through the Atlanta campaign, when, after the 
battle of Jonesborough, he was compelled to retire from service because of in 
juiy received in battle. Since the war he has practiced law in Athens, Ohio ; 
has held the office of public Prosecuting Attorney ; has been a member of the 
House of Representatives and of the Senate of Ohio, and also Secretary of State 
of that State. 



FIFTEENTH ARMY COEPS. 109 

to-day, instead of one free and unshackled people, we 
Avould be living in the midst of discordant and beliger- 
ant states The sun woukl not be shining upon one 
land, under one flag, of one people of one tongue, and of 
unparalled prosperity, contentment and happiness from 
ocean to ocean and from the great lakes to the gulf. 

The history of the citizen-soldiery is the history of 
the struggle of man for liberty. To him is due in all 
ages of the world, whatever has been attained in the for- 
mation of a government by the people and for the people. 
If we go back to the cradle of civil liberty to see who 
rocked it. we will behold the citizen soldier standing by 
its side. His first great feat was when 10,000 volunteer 
and disciplined citizens of Athens went out to Marathon 
to meet 110,000 of the enslaved minions of Persia, come 
to enslave the free states of the Helenic race, controlled 
solely by a despotic ruler. The question was whether 
the free institutions of Europe, manifested in the gov- 
ernment, laws and institutions of Greece, should prevail 
and be handed down to posterity, or whether the auto- 
cratic despotism of the Orient, which allowed neither 
liberty of purpose or action to its subjects, should pre- 
vail and dominate the world, or whether the seed of lib- 
erty sown in classic Greece should bud and bloom. The 
citizen-soldier at Marathon overcame the despotism of 
Persia, and assured the liberty and the continued growth, 
in all ages to come, of the idea of the rights of man and 
of personal freedom. The advancement of the individ- 
ual as distinguished from the oppression of the indi- 
vidual. 

"The mountains look upon Marathon, 

And Marathon looks upon the sea, 
And musing there one hour alone 

I dreamed that Greece might still be free ; 
For standing on the Persian grave, 
I could not deem myself a slave." 

And again at Salamis and on other fields where Per- 



110 FIRST REUNION OF 



sia renewed her effort to place her yoke upon the neck of 
liberty, the citizen soldier of the Helenic race, main- 
tained and preserved against overwhelming numbers 
and autocratic power, the lilierty of the then most 
advanced, enlightened and ennobled people in all the 
annals of the human race, which had manifested a char- 
acteristic for self government up to that day. 

On the Tiber, liberty lifted her head only to be 
crushed to the dust by the mailed hand of ciserism. 
But the spirit of liberty never died and its seed ever 
sown, continually sprang forth and gave promise. At 
length a long struggle took place between the English 
people and their king in their effort to govern themselves 
through parliament, until, at last, Cromwell vaulted into 
the saddle and he and his associates called about him, in 
the liberty-loving yeomen of England, the citizen-soldier, 
whose interest was liberty and whose object was to 
maintain all he had and to ol^tain still more.' The Iron- 
sides made the name of Cromwell illustrious and estab- 
lished in England the right of man to have voice and 
influence in the government, in a dgree unparalleled up 
to that period, in the history of kings. It was the citi- 
zen-soldier of Cromwell, who, following his maxim, 
"Trust God. but keep your powder dry,^' laid deep and 
broad and built high and strong the foundation of Eng- 
lish liberty, on the field against the professional soldier 
of the Crown. The victory wrought by themselves, 
trained citizens in arms, has not been destroyed by the 
hand of power. But the laws, institutions of liberty 
established and manifested by Cromwell and his Iron- 
sides, endures in England in greater force and in more 
controlling power in these later days, than it did even 
under the iron hand of the great soldier and statesma.n 
At a later period the citizen of the United States of 
America, became the greatest benefactor to mankind 
that had yet appeared. George Washington and his 
Continentals, the very embodiment of the citizen and 



FIFTEENTH ARMY CORP?^. Ill 



tioldier, uniting interest for lil)e^ty,^Yitll unqualified patri- 
otism, enabled Washington and his associatey to cast off 
the yoke and fetters of Great Britain, and to establish 
the idea for which the revolutionary soldier fought; a 
government which, in every characteristic, is a govern- 
ment of the people. The first instance in which man, as 
man, became his own complete governor. 

Had George Washington led a regular army, con- 
trolled by those ideas which usually dominate an estab- 
lished and technical army, the result which he wrought 
out, would have been impossible. 

It was the citizen in arms with the citizen's feelings, 
his sentiments, his personal interests, his idea of fighting 
for himself, fighting that he may make his own laws, 
build up his own institutions, that consolidated and 
fixed the then ])udding idea of self-government in the 
heart of the American people; led and controlled by 
one, even the great Washington, who rose high above 
self, into the dominion of disinterested patriotism, and 
thereby crowned himself with a diadem of un equaled 
glory. Upon the achievement of the citizen soldier of 
the revolution, this government, the fairest, the most 
beneficent boon to the human race, was accomplished; 
not only for this race, but many races. Lafayette and 
his Frenchmen, after serving with Washington in the 
United States, and seeing the Republic arise from the 
field of war, being imbued with the idea of liberty regu- 
lated by law, went back to France and preached as mis- 
sionaries, the sermon of liberty as they had seen it in 
America. The memory of liberty coming down from 
the classic ages, and taught in colleges, like a slumber- 
ing ember, grew into a great flame, and France took up 
the cry of the rights of man, and Lafayette and the citi- 
zen-soldier, achieved those rights and established a 
Republic. But that people, remembering the wrongs of 
centuries, the despotism of ages, were carried away to 
unlimited retaliation, and for a time liberty was drowned 



112 FIRST REUNION OF 



ill tlKMlcluKt' of the guillotine. Not to remain in its 
grave. b\it to ])e resurrected in due time. And again 
the citizen of France has placed on her brow the cap of 
liberty and re-esta])lislied freedom in France. And 
may i1 there a])ide in spite of cast and the greed of 
powei'. 

Had it not l)een that George Washington and his 
associates founded a "government of the people, by the 
people and for the people" in the truest and most 
enlightened sense which the world had ever yet seen 
manifested, there would have been no Republic in South 
America The example of the United States, its form of 
government known and understood by the leading spir- 
its of the South American States, caused the citizen-sol- 
dier of those States, when time ripened, for them to cast 
off the yoke of oppressive and despotic Spain, to come 
forth into the sunlight of liberty and establish Repub- 
lics from the Carabean sea to Cape Horn. The people, 
by the sword, through the light that came down from 
the United States, established, not in completeness, but 
in hope and in growing strength, governments of civil 
1 liberty. Such liad been the result of the achievement of 
the citizen-soldier on this continent. In our day the 
Uniterl States was to be tried in an ordeal of fire and 
blood, and the (juestion was, whether the Republic 
should remain on the map of the globe, or whether the 
despotic spirit of slavery and the mailed patracidal hand 
of o|)pression should reach forth and erase the map of 
the United States from the map of the globe. Then was 
presented an heroic ordeal; then was placed before man- 
kind a question unparalleled in its importance in the 
struggle for liberty; shall the United States remain 
intact^ Will the Republic maintain its integrity? Shall 
the flag that floats over the Republic continue to be its 
«Mnl)lem. or shall the United States be torn into frag- 
in.Mits in the interest of human bondage? The Republic 
become a l)y-w()rd in the mouths of the haters of liberty^ 



FIFTEENTH ARMY CORPS. 113 

And shall the hearts of all the peoples of the world, 
looking forward with hope to this country, be stilled with 
disappointment and shocked with fear? Then was pre- 
sented a stake in its importance and consequences, 
greater than that of Marathon, greater than that of Run- 
nymede, greater than that for which Cromwell drew his 
sword and Lafayette led his legions. And the question 
was upon every lip, will they that love the Union, the 
northern industrious school teaching and school attend- 
ing and church going and peace loving people fight for 
the preservation of the Union? And when that illustri- 
ous man, who was the embodiment of everything charac- 
teristic of the American, and who centered in himself 
more that was truly of our country and our people than 
any other contemporaneous American, Abraham Lincoln, 
asked for volunteers, the question was answered. They 
came in hundreds of thousands, and finally in millions. 
They were almost as numerous as the leaves on the trees 
and the sands on the seashore. All that liberty needed. 
Led by the true spirit of the citizen-soldier to preserve 
the Republic and maintain it intact, to hand down to 
their children and to keep it before the world as a bea- 
con light of civil liberty. Tears fell thick and fast. 
Hundreds of fields were stained with blood, and sighs, 
groans and woes were in all the land, but the struggle 
went on, and on, and on. And as more volunteers were 
needed they came, until finally by the zeal of patriotism 
and disinterested heroism of the citizen soldier, the 
gigantic form of treason and secession lay prostrate and 
still in death. Not a slave lived in all the realm. The 
country made harmonious with the Declaration of Inde- 
pendence. Then the people came together as if by the 
law of afiinity. That which had separated them had 
been destroyed. The deadly Upas of slavery, whose 
fruit was poison, had been torn up by the roots and con- 
sumed in' the fire of civil conflict, and in its place had 
been planted the tree of liberty and watered with the 



114 FIRST KE UNION OF 



blood of patriots to remain and flourish, we fondly hope, 
forever. They tell ns in the Sonth, the late Confeder- 
ates in arms, meet together and decorate the gTaves of 
their dead, and shed tears over their memory; that they 
ere(;t monuments and make speeches eulogistic to their 
heroism. Let them do this. It is natural that they 
should appreciate (courage, and courage they had. It is 
natural that they sohuld shed tears for their relatives, 
for they loved them. It is natural that they should 
eulogize heroic endeavor. Let them do it. It is natural 
that they should sing peons of praise to the courage of 
those who, misguided, died in an unjust and forever lost 
f-ause. Let them sing. But history, unerring and inex- 
orable Iiistory will write the truth. It will declare to all 
the ages that slavery is dead, slain in the house of its 
friend. It perished because, in its interest, its advocates 
endeavored to erase the Republic from the face of the 
globe. That it sought to establish an oligarchy whose 
chief corner-stone should be slavery. History will record 
that there was but one side that was right, and 
that was the cause of the Union. History will record 
that there was but one side that was patriotic, and that 
was the side of the Union. History will record that 
there was but one side that was wrong, and that was the 
side of unjustifiable and inexcusable secession. History 
will record that there wasbut one side that was defeated, 
and that was the side of oppression and wrong, that was 
the side of the enemy of civil liberty. Nothing, no gath- 
ering of the people, no monuments, no tears, no eulogy 
ran bribe history. All alive with devotion to the truth, 
she will record that there was but one right and there 
was one great wrong. And this record will be made and 
made for all ages, and go down with the blessing which 
the citizen-soldier wrought out in the preservation of his 
country, in the purification of its institutions, in making 
it homogeneous and advancing it until, without dispute 



FIFTEENTH ARMY CORPS. 115 

and without question, it is in the vanguard of the pro- 
gress of the human race. 

The record made by the citizen-soldier in the war for 
the preservation of the Union, is one of the most illus- 
trious chapters in the annals of the human race. His- 
tory will defend and preserve that record, and all false 
claims will be unavailing to abate it. The gates of hell 
shall not prevail to question its immortality or tarnish 
its supreme glory. 



When the applause had subsided, which followed the 
conclusion of this splendid address, the veterans of the 
15th Corps adjourned to the Grant Tent to participate in 
the reunion of the Army of the Tennessee. 



PROCKEUINGS 

of tine 

FIRST REUNIOxN' 

of the 

16th: j^:Ris/L^zr gok.:ps 

HELD IN THOMAS TENT. 

WASHINGTON. D. C. SEPT. £0, 1892. 

AT 7.30 o'clock. 



SIXTEENTH AKMY CORPS. llO 



REPORT OF THE PROCEEDINGS 

—OF THE — 

FIRST ANNUAL REUNIOJvJ 



— OF THE- 



SURVIVORS OF THK i6th ARMY CORPS, 

HELD IN 

T*HOMAS TENT, GRAND ARMY PLACE, 
Washiogton, D. C., September 20, 1891^. 



SURVIVING MEMBERS OF THE 16TH ARMY CORPS. 

Comrades: 

We take great pleasure in aniiounciiig to the surviv- 
ing members of the old 16tli Army Corps that we intend 
holding a grand reunion of that corps, and also of -the 
divisions and brigades composing it, in this city, during 
the session of the National Encampment of the G. A. R., 
which meets here September 20th next. 

The hours for holding reunions will be announced in 
the official programme, and will also be posted at Gr. A. R. 
headquarters. The reunion will be held in a large tent 
on " Grand Army Place." 

We expect a number of our old commanders to be 
present to address us, and we will have a good chance to 
grasp hands once more and talk over our old uiarchesand 
battles. 



120 



FIKST REUNION OJ' 



This will probably be the best opportunity you will 
ever have to see this magnificent city. 



D. F. McGowan, 47th Illinois. 
M. M. Bane, 50th Illinois. 

E. E. Holman, ist Miss. Mount- 
ed Rifles. 

W. W. Jackson. Com. Subs. 
Thos. J. Shea, Co. F, 40th Mo. 
J. H. Miller, Co. D, loth Minn. 
J. M. Alger, 35th Iowa. 

F. J. Young, Bt'y G, 2d 111. A'y 
Edwin Turner, 34th N. J. 
John T. Reed, 46th Illinois Inft. 
C. H. Carrington, 103d Ohio In. 
J. C. S. Colby, 34th Mo. 

J. B. Foster. 

Joseph E. Hart, 12th Ind. 

George H. La Fetra. 

J. W. Powell. 

E. S. Woodford, ist Ala Cav. 

E. A. Carr, Brig.Gen. U. S. A. 

G. W. S. Bell, i3th Kansas. 

T. M. Billingsly, 52d Kentucky. 
T. S. Matchett, 5th Ohio. 
M. M. Lewis, 39th Iowa. 



F. A. Niles, 49th Illinois. 

L. D. Alden, Co. F, 33d Mo. 

G. W. Leonard, 5th Ohio Bt'y. 
C. N. Halford, Co. D, 33d Wis. 
Willis Case, 95th Illinois. 
Isaac G. Peetrey, 9i^th Ohio. 
John T. Laning, 35th N. J. 

S. R. Burch, 12th Iowa. 

George C. Ross, 49th Illinois. 

C. E. Diemar, 49th Illinois. 

Wm. Lamborn, 117th 111. Inft. 

M. M. Jarvis, 5th Ohio Cav. 

1. H. Boggis, 37th Ohio. 

O. V. Mitcham, 34th N.J. 

R. G. Dyrenforth, 17th 111. Cav. 

Philander Lucas, 114th Illinois. 

B. P. Mapes, 44th Iowa. 

B. P Entriken, Sth Wis. 

W. W. Uttz. 

Joseph K. Miller, 39th Wis. 

H.J. Plater, r2th Iowa. 

W. T. Gooch, 49th Illinois. 



CHAIRMAN^S REPORT. 




Tuesday, Sept. 20, 1892. 
Immediately after the fireworks 
the members of the 16tli Army 
Corps began to assemble in the 
''Thomas" tent to hold their re- 
union, but, although all was bright 
and brilliant on the outside, the 
inside of the tent was black as 
night, owing to the fact that the 
electric lights had slipped their 
cable. The chairman of the com- 



SIXTEENTH ARMY CORPS. 12l 



mittee, Mr. I). F. McGowaii, went out upon a foraging 
expedition, and soon returned with a small "tallow dip," 
whieli. when stuck upon the table, served to make a small 
hole in the darkness by its feeble flickerings ; dim forms 
could be discerned in the background and^ eager faces of 
old comrades could be seen peering through the dark- 
ness. There were quite a number of ladies present and 
also a number of the Sons of Veterans. 

Chairman McGowan then opened the meeting with a 
few brief remarks, and stated that he had letters from 
General Richard J. Oglesby, General G. M. Dodge, General 
A. J. Smith and others, regretting their inability to be 
present ; and then, in a few well chosen remarks, intro- 
duced as the presiding officer of the meeting, the only 
old commander of the 16th Corps present in the city. 
General E. A. Carr, of the regular army. The General 
opened with some humorous remarks concerning the situa- 
tion and his novel duties as chairman of this most unique 
meeting. He then called upon some one to lead in a song, 
and Comrade C. H. Carrington, of the 108d Ohio, led off 
with ''Marching Through Georgia," and was joined in 
the chorus by nearly all present. After the song the Gen- 
eral produced a copy of the war record of the corps, and 
after speaking of its grand achievements from its organi- 
zation to the close of the war, handed a list of the com- 
manders to Chairman McGowan and requested him to 
read it. The latter remarked that reading by the light of 
a solitary candle reminded him of old times, but unfortu- 
nately his eyesight was not as good now as then; however, 
by the aid of eyeglasses he made out to read the list, and 
the first name mentioned, that of Stephen A. Hurlbut, 
brought forth cheers for the first commander of the corps. 
Then the inspiration struck General Carr, who had just 
declared that he was no orator, and he pronounced a most 
eloquent eulogy upon the soldierly, scholarly and gentle- 
manlv Hurlbut. As the other commanders' names were 



122 FIRST REUNION OF 



iiieiitioiied they awakened memories in almost every 
breast, and cheers were followed by eager questions. 

At the mention of the name of A. J. Smith the assem- 
bly went wild with enthusiasm, thus showing their ap- 
preciation of his worth. Greneral Carr then explained 
that General Smith was only prevented from being pres- 
ent by an unfortunate accident — a fall from a horse — and 
added that it must be a fiery equine which the 10th 
Corps ''Centaur" could not ride. Then followed the 
names of the different connnanders of the left wing,' 
Hamilton, Oglesby, Mower, Carr, etc. General Carr was 
the only one to answer "present." At the mention of 
General Joe A. Mower, "Where's Old Joef was a ques- 
tion from a member of his old " Eagle" brigade. "He's 
in Heaven, I know," said Comrade McGowan (who was a 
member of the same brigade) in a solemn voice, and a 
voice from the assembly added a subdued " amen." And 
so it went, every name on the long list evoking some ques- 
tion or comment, along with frequent cheers. 

The name of General J. B. Weaver provoked a con- 
troversy when he was mentioned as a Presidential possi- 
bility, but it ended in hearty laughter. The crowd was 
too congenial to quarrel, even over politics. 

Then the session merged into a sort of experience 
meeting, each comrade rising as the spirit moved him 
and relating stories of army life appropriate to the 
occasion. 

Among the speakers were Comrades Jackson, of the 
Connnissary Department, Vaughn, of the 7th Hlinois, 
Aiken, of the 11th Missouri, T. W. Eatinger, of the 7th 
Kansas, and others. It is to be regretted that space will 
not permit some of the stories to be embalmed in type. 
There were some "wdioppers," even for war stories, and 
judging from the record the boys gave themselves, the 
IGth Cori)s, better known as "Smith's Gorrillas" and the 
'' Wandering tribe of Israel," were the greatest foragers 
on record. 



SIXTEENTH ARMY CORPS. 123 

And so the meeting continued in true social session, 
when at a late hour the ''Bald Eagle" boys dispersed, 
having spent a most enjoyable evening. The remarks of 
Comrades Young, Ross, and others, follow the report. 

The speaking was interspersed with war songs. 
The exercises of the Reunion were finally brought to a 
close by the singing of "America" — all standing. 

D. F. McGowAN, Chairman. 



Reporters' Notes, Speeches, Etc. 



Comrade F. J. Young, of the 2d Illinois Light Artil- 
lery, when called upon, responded as follows : , 

F. J. YOUNG'S ADDRESS. 

Mr. President and Comrades: 

The battery with which I was connected joined the 
16th Corps at Memphis in May or June, 186-J:, conse- 
quently I have no recollection of some of the dis- 
tinguished officers of whom so many pleasant things 
have been said this evening. About half our battery- 
men were new recruits just entering on active service ; 
the boys had just returned from the Red River campaign 
and w^ere about the first real soldiers we had seen, and 
we felt that the War Department had treated us rather 
shabbily in assigning us to such a rough looking lot of 
fellows. However, the first week in the field convinced 
us that if their clothes were not so clean as ours, our new 
comrades could give us points on campaigning. They 
never seemed to get tired, did not spend all their spare 
time in grumbling at their rations, and knew how to 
take care of themselves and make the best of everything. 
Then they had faith in themselves and a supreme belief 
that with A. J. Smith in command nothing was impossi- 
ble. General Smith, although of the regular army, 



124 FIRST TJET^XTON OF 



was not one of those officers of whom General Sherman 
said: -'They could not understand how men could be 
good soldiers \yIio lounged around in their shirtsleeves 
and who considered saluting their officers a useless cere- 
mony." General Smith cared little for display, 1)ut 
looked for results ; so the guns were bright and in good 
order, was not so particular about the brass buttons. 
He did not worry his men while in camp, with useless 
dress-parades and inspections ; and when on the march, 
was liberal in his construction of orders against foraging, 
provided his men were on hand when needed, cared 
little as to the order of their march. The expeditions 
into Mississippi to destroy the rebel connnunications and 
to draw i)art of their force from Sherman's rear: the long, 
tiresome and dreary campaign which ended in driving 
Price from Missouri : the crushing blow dealt Hood at 
Nashville and the capture of Mobile and the final opera- 
tions of the war in the Southw^est, all added laurels 
to those already won. The chances of war ena]>led 
other corps to become more prominent on occasions, but 
there is no room for jealousy among conu'ades. As 
Abraham Lincoln once said: •• There is glory enough 
to go all around." and no ])ody of men has a better record 
of duty well performed than the 16th Corps. 

An incident painful but not serious, has prevented 
our old commander from being with us on this occasion, 
but we are fortunate in having as our presiding officer 
General Carr, one of the men whose gallant service in 
command of a division did much to gain for the corps 
the place it occupies in history. 



After the applause which followed Comrade Young's 
remarks had subsided, Comrade George C. Ross, of the 
49tli Illinois Infantry was introduced and spoke as fol- 
lows: 



SIXTEENTH ARMY CORPS. 125 



GEORGE C. ROSS' ADDRESS. 

Mr. Preddent and Comrades of the 16th Army Corps: 

This event has been long anticipated; we have long 
looked forward to the time when we were to meet again 
at our Nation's Capital, and again clasp hands as breth- 
ren in a holy cause. 

Many of us, once almost inseparable, have, met for 
the first time in a quarter of a century. We were then 
sharers in common toils and common dangers and engaged 
in the same great cause. We then learned to know each 
otlier. When success crowned our efforts, we separated. 
Our numbers were then large, our spirits buoyant, our 
hopes inspiring. Every state in the Union claimed some 
of us and we again took our places as citizens in a 
re-united, but once dissevered and discordant nation. 
What a victory we won! A force, brave, gallant and 
determined; an enemy builded of the same warp and 
woof as ourselves, at once praying to the same God as 
we, and professing loyalty to a cause which we could not 
tolerate. We fought for a Union of States, for national 
supremacy, for the perpetuation of an inheritance which 
came alike to our foes as to ourselves. We fought that 



Geokge C. Ross was born in Franklin. Illinois, April 
15, 1848; he was reared on a farm, attending the district 
school in the winter and working on the farm in the sum- 
mer. At the age of 10 he left home against his father's 
consent and enlisted in Company "G," 49th Regiment 
Illinois Volunteers and served with his regiment until 
the close of the war. Returning home, he began attend- 
ing school and teaching; he subsequently graduated from 
the Southern Illinois Normal University; afterwards he began the study of law 
and graduated from the Union College of Law at Chicago. He was an elector 
in 187G, and voted in the Electoral College for Hayes; was a delegate to the 
Republican National Convention from the 19th Illinois Congressional District 
in 1888. He practiced law in Benton, Illinois, until 1890, when he accepted a 
position on the law force of the Interior Department. 





1^^ FIRST REUNION OF 



foes might become friends and we won in the contest 
Our own gallant enemy vie with ns in honoring the fiao- 
which they were wont to destroy: they would now 
unite when they would once "separate"; the sentiment 
ot dissolution, so arrogantly proclaimed and so bravely 
fought for, is extinguished forever, and upon the ruins 
thereof a mighty temple of union has been builded 
(Applause). 

The flush of victory had been tempered by the pur- 
suits of peace. A quarter of a century has decimated 
our ranks and but a remnant of the gallant army 
remains. The stalwart soldier of 1865, whether union or 
rebel, has passed into the "sear and yellow leaf" of life 
Many of us will doubtless never meet again The 
pleasurable emotions incident to our reunion are ming- 
led with those of sadness and grief. Many of us will 
doubtless separate from this reunion never more to meet 
m this life. We can only look forward to a time, cer- 
tainly not far distant, when, having no enemies to for- 
give aiid trusting in the righteousness of Him "who doeth 
all things well," we shall join the Grand Army above 
where reunions are perpetual. 

Loyalty to the Union gives lasting peace here; so 
loyalty to the Grand Commander above will give ever- 
lasting peace on the other shore. 



SIXTEENTH ARMY CORPS. 



127 



SECOND REVIEW OF THE GRAND ARMY.* 

RY BRET HARTE. 

I read last night of the Grand Review 
In Washi-ngton's chiefest avenue, — 
Two Hundred Thousand men in blue, 

I think they said was the number, — 
Till I seemed to hear their tramping feet, 
The bugle blast and the drum's quick beat. 
The clatter of hoofs in the stony street, 
The cheers of people who came to greet, 
And the thousand details that to repeat 

Would only my verse encumber, — 
Till I fell in a revery, sad and sweet, 

Aiid then to a fitful slumber. 

When, lo ! in a vision I seemed to stand 
In the lonely Capitol. On each hand 
Far stretched the portico ; dim and grand 
Its columns ranged, like a martial band 
Of sheeted specters whom some command 

Had called to a last reviewing. 
And the streets of the city were white and bare. 
No footfall echoed across the square ; 
But out of the misty midnight air 
I heard in the distance a trumpet blare, 
And the wandering night winds seemed to bear 

The sound of a far tattooing. 



*This poem was piloted in the city papers during Encampment week and 
read from them by the comrades and at reunions. 

Bret Harte, its author is the son of a school teacher, and was born in Al- 
bany N. Y., August 35. 1839. His father having died, he and his mother went 
to California in 1857. There he taught school, set type and edited a paper in 
Sonora He Aext went to San Francisco and was connected with the Golden 
Era Californian and Overland Monthly. He was also, for a short time. Profes- 
sor of Recent Literature in California University. While in California he pub- 
lished -Society Upon the Stanislau." "Luck of Roaring Camp." "Outcasts of 
Poker Flats- "Higgles." "Idyl of Red Gulch," "The Heathen Chinee." and 
other works. He returned to New York some years ago and is now, we believe, 
living abroad as a consul. 



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Then I held my breath^with fear and dread. 
For into the square, \\nth a brazen tread; 
There rode a tigrure whose stately head 

0"erlooked the review that morning. 
That never bowed from its tirm-set seat 
When the living column passed its feet. 
Yet now rode steadilv up the street 

To the phantom bugle's warning. 

Till it reached the Capitol square and wheeled. 
And there in the moonlight stood revealed 
A well-known form that in state and fie'd 

Had led our patriot sires ; 
Whose face was turned to the sleeping camp. 
Afar through the rivers fog and damp. 
That showed no flicker, nor waning lamp. 

Xor wasted bivouac fires. 

And I saw a phantom army come. 
With never a sound of life or drum. 
But Keeping time to a throbbing hum 

Of wailing and lamentation ; 
The marr\-red heroes of Melvem Hill, 
Of Gettysburg and Chancellorsville. 
The men whose wasted figures fill 

The patriot graves of the nation. 

And there came the nameless dead — the men 
Who perished in fever swamp and fen. 
The slowly starved of the prison pen. 

And. marching beside the others. 
Came the dusky marvters of Pillow's ficrht. 
With limbs enfranchised and bearing bright : 
I thought — perhaps 'twas the pale moonlight— 

They looked as white as' their brothers ! 

And so all night marched the Nation's dead. 
With never a banner above them spread. 
Xor a badge, nor a motto brandished : 
Xo mark — save the bare uncovered head 

Of the silent bronze Reviewer ; 
With never an arch save the vaulted skv : 



SIXTEENTH ARMY CORPS. 129 

With never a flower ?ave those that lie 
On the distant graves — for love could buv 
No gift that was purer or truer. 

So all night long swept the strange array ; 
So all night long, till the morning gra}', 
I watched for one who had passed away, 

With a reverent awe and wonder — 
Till a blue cap waved in the lengthening line, 
And I knew the one w^ho was kin of mine 
Had come : and I spake — and lo I that sign 

Awakened me from m}' slumber. 



THE PRIVATE SOLDIER. 

Washington is favored in being the scene of the 
Grand Army encampment. When we have gatherings 
here in celebration of the reinstated and. perpetuated 
Union, we want them to include the men who bore the 
heat and burden of the sti'uggle, who did the fighting 
and endured the hardshii), who carried the musket, the 
canteen and the knapsack — the private, untitled soldier. 

While the arm}' reunions were in progress this editorial on "The Private 
Soldier" appeared in the WaMngton Post and nUrsiCted general attention. It was 
read by the comrades and at one or more reunions. Its writer, not then known, 
turns out to be a Confederate soldier, Mr. Richard Weightmsn, one of the edito- 
rial writers on the Po*f. Weightman was Itorn in Washington, D. C. in IH^"). 
He went south in 1861 and entered the Confederate army, where he served 
through the war and was paroled at Shrevejiort. La., in 1865. He was in the 
battles of Lexington, Mo., Pea Ridge, Farmington, luka. Corinth, and Helena. 
After the war he resided in ]!sew Orleans until 1884. and from 1872 was a jour- 
nalist, working on the Times. Picayune, and Times Deiitocrat. In 1884, he came 
to Washington as correspondent of the Timeii- Democrat. Subsequently he 
accepted a position on the Neic York Star, and, later, on the Wanhington Poxt. 
The following letter is in reply to a request for permi.ssion to include his por- 
trait along with a biographical sketch : 

Office of the Post, Washsigton. D. C, 26 Febry. '9.'], 
Chaii. E. Horey, Esq.: 

Dear Sir — Yours of the 2oth, notifying me that you propose reproducing 
in your pamphlet my article on the "Private Soldier," is received. I shall be 
greatly gratified at such a proof of my kaviriL- rnf-i vrmr approval. It will be 



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That iy the kind of a gathering we have here, and we 
are ]iapi>y and glad and proud to have it. 

The ollicers are all right. They did their duty as 
became patriots and brave men. But they had many 
compensations which were beyond the reach of the rank 
and file. Fame beckoned to them; glory waited on their 
deeds. They had comfort, even luxuries to sustain them 
in health, tlie tenderest care in sickness and in suffering. 
The in'ivate soldier rejoiced in none of these. Love of 
country and of flag was his only incentive, and con- 
science his sole reward. Footsore and famished, he fol- 
lowed the weary march in unnoticed patience. He stood 
a lonely sentinel through nights of terror and of pain. 
He fought in the forefront of the battle with peril for 
his company and death or mutilation waiting at the end. 
His nameless headstone dots a hundred Southern hills, 
and peaceful harvests laugh above his scattered bones. 
To his memory, if dead, and in his honor, if surviving, 
this splendid nation which his valor saved should offer 
the tribute of its grateful reverence. At once the victim 
and the hero of the tragedy of thirty years ago, he is the 
worthiest object of our thought to-day. 

Wherever subsequent encampments may be held, 

impossible, however, for me to furnish a photograph of myself, for I really 
have none. After all, I am a mere employe of the Po.9f. and not entitled to any 
credit for what the Post may say. I wrote the article on the " Private Soldier " 
out of the fullness of my heart, to be sure, because until nearly the end of the 
war I was one myself. I know what the private soldier endured ; how much 
they suffered ; how slight was their encouragement and their reward. The 
fact that I was a Confederate soldier argues nothing against my ability to 
appreciate the devotion and patient heroism of those on the other side. I fancy 
the privates of both armies fared about alike— taking the hard knocks and priva- 
lions and letting the glory and the gold lace go to others. Still, as I say, the 
article was written for the Pout and. but for Mr. Hatton's generosity in disclos- 
ing my identity as its author, I should never have been known in the con- 
nection. Suppose we let it go as the Po,<ifs tribute to the Union soldier, offered 
in all sincerity and affection by one who had abundant opportunity of observ- 
ing his bravery, his worth, his unselfish patriotism, his indescribable hardships 
and his scanty recompense. Yours very Truly, 

RiciiD. Weightman. 



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Washington will follow them with an ever-growing 
interest and pride. Time will thin the veteran ranks, as 
battle thinned the armies of thirty years ago, and each 
succeeding celebration will illustrate the mournful record 
of their mortality. But never, so long as Americans love 
liberty and honor, the precepts of their fathers, will 
America forget her debt to the private soldier who fought 
with Grant and Sheridan and Sherman, with Hancock 
and Thomas and Meade, and to whose courage and 
fidelity under every trial the country owes its present 
happiness and peace. — Washington Post.^ 



W. W. JACKSON'S ADDRESS. 
Mr. President and Comrades: 

If it were necessary to look for a justification of Dr. 
Stephenson's work in organizing the Grand Army of the 
Republic, a full and complete vindication of the wisdom 
of the act is found in this assemblage of more than one 
hundred thousand veterans in this grand encampment. 
The survivors of the days of 1861 to 1865 are here 
from every State. 

To the survivors of the Army of the Tennessee, and 
the 16th Corps this event will be referred to as the one 
event, since the ending of the long journey of our corps 
from Henry and Donelson to Blakeley. 

My comrades, we have the proud distinction of hav- 
ing taken an active part in the crowning event of the 
century — the reuniting a nation — that our own beloved 
Nation. 

The vigor and activity of youth, in us, is succeeded 
by the decrepitude of old age ; but this event has proven 
that the ancient fire of patriotism still burns upon the 
altar in our hearts, and that we will allow no sacreligious 
hand to tear it from us. 

Comrades, we are as ready to defend the flag, the 



132 FIRST REUNIOIC OF 



emblem of our country's greatness and freedom from the 
assaults of foes, whether within or without our native 
land. 

To those who led in the achievements of that glori- ij 

ous and invincible band, who in more than one hundred 
battles upheld the glorious old Stars and Stripes, in 
victory, without a single reverse, let all honor be given ; 
remembering that without that indomniable energy dis- 
played by the rank and file these splendid results would 
have had a different ending. 

Some of you were on the Red River campaign, and 
under the command of that peerless leader, A. J. Smith, 
stood like a wall between Banks' army and destruction. 
If you had performed no other services, that was enough 
to make your history glorious. 

It was my fortune to be attached to the staff of Gen. 
S. A. Hurlbut for nearly three years and a half, com- 
mencing with his first active service in the field, in 1861, 
and continually until 1864. 

Comrades, ''the shadows are lengthening," and soon 
our roll-call will cease to elicit a report, but while we live 
this shall ever be our watchword, "The Stars and Stripes 
forever. " 



PROCKKDINOS 

of the 

FIRST REUNION 

of the 

17th: J^'JE^ls^lzr OOK.iFS 

HELD IN SHERMAN TENT, 

WASHINGTON, D. C, SEPT. 2j, 1892. 



SEVENTEENTH ARMY CORPS. 



135 



REPORT OF THE PROCEEDINGS 

— OF THE — 

FIRST ANNUAL REUNION 



— OF THE- 



SURVIVORS OF THE 17th ARMY CORPS, 

HELD IN 

SHERMAN TENT, GRAND ARMY PLACE, 
Washington, 13. C, September 21, 1892. 

C01VH«ITTeE OF flRRANOElVIEnTS AND f^ECEPTIOM- 

Chairman, General Dennis T. Kirbv. 
Vice Cliairman, Colonel Willitin P. Davis. 
Secretary, Sergeant Benjamin F. Cbase. 

Col. W. H. Plunkett. 



J. M. Alger. 

Maj. W. W. Bliss. 

J. H. Bosworth. 

C. H. Bliss. 

Lieut. A. U. Crosby. 

Capt. George B. Dayton. 

A. B. Frisbie. 

Lieut. J. B. Gage.. 

M. J. Hall. 

J. fj. Hayden. 

Li ut. H. S. Hurter. 

Lieut. Fred Hope. 

Asst. Surg. J. T. Lanning 

Capt. J. W. King. , 

Serg't.I. B. Littlewood. 

C. N. Moore. 

R. U Morgan. 

Capt. J. L. Nichols. 

John Welch. 

O. M. Watt. 



.Jacob Pinnack. 
Capt. J. B. Pearce. 
Col. D. G. Purmau. 
Capt. A. A. Rice. 
Capt. A. B. Royerson. 
Gen. J. M. Rusk. 
Capt. T. J. Spencer. 
J. C. Taylor. 
Capt. E. M. Truell. 
Jonathan Thatcher. 
Col. S. L. Taggart. 
Capt. I.B.Thatcher. 

Col. Wm. G. Tyrrell. 

Charles W. Urrthnnk. 

Hosp. Stew. H. W. Vail. 

Lieut. J. D. Verney. 

Capt. Bernard Wagner. 

Capt. Edward Webster. 

Wells. 



SUB-COmmiTTEES. 



.xecUTtVe-Col. wm. P. Davis, Chairman; Capt. Bernard Wagner, B. F. Chase, R. H. Morgan, 

Lieut. T. J. Spencer. 

«T..tVn;i Chairman- Col Wm. P. Davis, B. F. Chase. 
BADGES— Henry West \ ail, cnairmau , vui. 

o«r. =nn«P^s Lieut J B Gage, Chairman; Lieut, H. S. Hurler, M. J. Hall. 

IflVlTATIONS AfJD ADDRESS— JjICUI. <j . u. vjuq^-, v^ 



lo6 FIRST KEUNION OF 



SECRETARY'S REPORT. 




Sherman Tent, Grand Army Place, [ 
Washington, D. C, Sept. 21st, 1892. j 

\ A/'ednesday afternoon, Sep- 
tember 21, 1892, mem- 
bers of the ITtli Army Corps 
lield a reunion in the Sher- 
man Tent, on Grand Army 
Place. Above the platform 
were suspended portraits of 
its most distinguished com- 
manders,McPherson andBlair, 
and also a group of portraits 
havingSherman's in the center 
The day was rainy but the rain did not keep the 
veterans away. They filled the tent to overflowing. 

Gen. Dennis T. Kirby, of Blair^s staff, but originally 
of the 8tli Missouri Infantry, called the meeting to order 
and welcomed the veterans, who had so often stood side 
by side in battle, to the capital of the Republic for which 
they fought. 

Gen. Howard was nominated for Chairman of the 
meeting by Gen. Kirby. 

The nomination was agreed to by acclamation, and 
General Howard on coming forward, made a brief speech, 
Eind then called on Chaplain C. H. Remington, of the 
11th Iowa, to offer prayer. After the prayer. Col. Wm. 
Hemstreet, of General Mower's staff, was chosen Secre- 
try, and read letters from Gen. Hickenlooper, Col. Cadle, 
Col. Morrell, Maj. Geo. T. Rich, Gen. John E. Smith, 
Judge AValter Q. Gresham and other comrades who were 
Linable to attend the Reunion. 



SEVENTEENTH ARMY CORPS. 137 



The Chairman made another short speech, alluding 
in feeling terms to McPherson and Blair. 

Speeches were made by Gen. Kirby, Gen. Swayne, 
Gen. Rusk, Gen. Fletcher, Gen Hovey and Lieut. Gage. 

Like all the other meetings, time enough was not 
at the disposal of the Reunion to allow all the old com 
rades to make speeclies, but every moment of the time 
allotted was occupied with greetings of old comrades, and 
recounting army experiences. 

B. F. Chase, Secretary. 



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SEVEyTEESTTH ARMY CORPS. 139 

General HowarcL in introducing General Wager 
.Swayne, recounted a reminiiicence of the General's army 
experience, whom he called from the audience to the 
platform for a sfj»eech. 

It is to be regretted that General Swayne's humorous, 
pathetic and verj- able address was not taken down at the 
time, and has not been written out since. Some idea of 
it, however, may be gathered from the following, which 
he said in substance : 

GENERAL SWAYNE'3 ADDRESS. 

I knew that the 17th Corps was near by, on account 
of a little bit of foraging I saw as I came along. You 
remember our corps was rather not*^! forfoi-aging. Well, 
as I was passing over the grounds on my way here, I met 
a comrade of the 11th Corps, who told me they had 
secured General Howarrl for their reilnion^ But some of 
our foraging members came along and — there sits the 
General « [Xjinting to the presiding officer*. 

Of course General Howard belongs here. He is a 
member of our corps He may not have been its immedi- 
ate commander, but he was the commander of the army 
to which our corpus belonged, and this is sufficient. It was 

j^git^^ Wa--?:h ST^iTTTE. el le^t '-/jz: of Xoah IL .Swayne, for 

r^ \ many y*ri:- i .' i?.:,-; f 'r^^ Sij-reme Court of the UniUid 

' '^ fi* States, was bora in Ohio, XoTember 10. 1834. and was 

educated at Tale University. c3ass of '56, and at Cincin- 
nati Law School cla^ of '59. He entered the rjiililary 
serric* of the United States August -^1, 1861. a* Major of 
the 43d Ohio Infantry, and rost to the rank of Major- 
GeneraL He was with General Pope at the capture of 
2sew Madrid and Island Xo. 10. helped to fight the battles of luka and Omnth, 
and shared the fortunes of Sherman's army all the way from Memphis ri/t Chat- 
tanooga. Atlanta. Savannah and the Carolioas to Bichnoond. He Umt biK right 
leg in action at the cro^ng of the Salkehatchie. He participate^! in the Grand 
Review at the close of the war. Subsequently he commanded the District of 
Alabama and established there a system of schr»o!.« for colored children, of which 
important features stOl remain. In 18«56 he accepted a OAoneU^y in the re^j- 
lar army and was retired in 1»<T0. He is ncfw practicing^ law in New York City, 
and is also Commander of the Sew York Gommaod'^r^- of xh'- Ijny-x" \j-/\<,u. 




140 FIRST REIJlSriON OF 



perfectly regular for our foragers to capture and bring 
liim in. 

I was not in the procession yesterday (the General has 
but one leg) but I stood on the street and watched our 
boys go by. They do not look like boys now ; they look 
like veterans. They look like men who have faced hard- 
shi|) and privation and danger and death to preserve 
intnct their government and flag. They looked like brave 
men, every one of them. It is said that every man needs 
(ui apologi/ for living. We have our apology. It is these 
United States of America, which we rescued from dis- 
memberment and destruction. 



After the applause that greeted General Swayne's 
speech had subsided, General Jeremiah M. Rusk, Secre- 
tary of the Diipartment of Agriculture, was called for. 
Everybody knows Jerry Rusk— and knows he is a modest 
man, at least, he said so. 

GENERAL RUSK'S ADDRESS. 

"I am not competent,'^ he began, "to fill this place. 
I feel like an Indiana friend of mine who was colonel in 
the war. He didn't know much about tactics, but he had 
managed to collect a company or two and so, of course, 
was made a colonel. One day he executed some maneu- 
vers in such an execrable manner that he brought down 
on himself a reprimand. He was running, at the time, 
for some office at home, and was very indignant at this 
treatment, and having searched out his superior, said to 
him : ' Now, what's the matter with me V He was told. 
He glanced contemptuously about the tents for a 
moment, and then said : ' Wall, I'll be switched. Mebbe 
I don't kn(nv tactics, but by gum I'll bet $500 that I can 
plow a straighter furrow than any son of a tinker in the 
army.' 

"That's how I feel. It was our duty to do our best 



SEVENTEENTH ARMY CORPS. ' 141 

and we did it, especially when there was any foraging to 
be done. I don't think anybody could beat us at that. 
"I am glad that I was a member of the 17th Army 
Corps. I am proud of it. General Blair always led us to 
victory. And we put down the rebellion. The 17th Corps 
did that. Others claim to have been responsible for it, 
but we did it." 



Of course Uncle Jerry was cheered to the echo as he 
went along, and at the conclusion of his speech, of which 
the foregoing is only a point or two. 

About this time the veterans discovered their old 
comrade, Ex-Groveinor Tom Fletcher, and insisted upon 
his taking the platform. He was evidently in good 
humor. Upon being presented by the chairman he spoke 
as follows: 

EX-GOVERNOR FLETCHER'S ADDRESS. 

1 know all you old fellows. Ini here having a 
good time. I'm meeting the old soldiers and they are 
also having a good time spinning yarns. An old soldier 
telling his experiences reminds me of the man who was 
always telling his wife and daughter what he had done 
in the war. He had done wonders. Finally, one day, his 
daughter said to his wife: "Mamma, why didn't Mr. 
Lincoln help papa put down the Rebellion?" Now, 
don't tell them that I said so, but these old soldiers are 
the biggest liars in creation Some day, when I have 
time, I will tell you what I did. 

I served under General Frank Blair, and he was one 
of the best, bravest, biggest-hearted soldiers I ever met. 
He served his God and his country as only such a man 
could. And the boys under him were true blue, too. It 
is to them this country belongs. Yes it does; for if it 
hadn't been for them, and such as them, it wouldn't 
exist now. 

Comrades, it wakes up glorious memories to meet 



^^^ I^IRST REUNION 01^ 



you to-day. You look out on this marvelously beautiful 
city typical of the grand Republic of which it is the 
Capital. Ihisisour city. This Republic, the wonder 
and adnnration of the peoples of all the world is our 
country. We won it in a fair fight and made possible all 
tnatitis. _burthermore, we were not mustered out of 
Its service when our army was disbanded, but merely 
assigned to other duties. That other duty we have per- 
formed with like fidelity as we displayed in the field 
marching and fighting with Grant, and Sherman, and 
McPherson, and Blair and Howard and our other great 
commanders. As we upheld the national authority as 
soldiers, so have we upheld the authority of the consti- 
tution and laws as citizens. 

Yes we are all getting somewhat old, bat we are 
still in the vanguard of the great column of human pro- 
gress and we stand here at the Capital to-day and notify 
all men that we are ready to fall in with the Grand Army 
of the United States to enforce all legal process, issued in 
execution of the laws of the country, for the suppression 
of lawlessness and the protection of every citizen in all 
his legal rights. Anarchists, communists and all the law- 
less may take notice. 

The Governor wound up with humorous anecdote 
and story, and retired amid bursts of laughter and cheers ' 
ni T' ^^7/^^^^' Fletcher concluded his address. General 
Charles E. Hovey, who about this time entered the tent 
was called to the platform. 

GENERAL HOVEY'S ADDRESS. 

Mr. Chairman and Comrades: 

I need not remind you of my embarrassment in being 
called upon to follow so brilliant and, with all, so humor- 
ous an orator as the comrade who has just taken his seat 
It was, however, a characteristic of our army to obey 
orders, no matter what the odds or how desperate the ser- 



SEVENTEENTH ARMY CORPS. 



143 



vice. The commander now orders me into the breach left 
vacant by the retiring speaker and I must do the best I 
can to fill the gap. Of course I cannot hoije to do so long, 
but in the few moments you may be willing to listen to 
me, I desire to express, so far as I am able, my profound 
respect for the ability and public services of that tireless 
patriot and gallant soldier, Major-General Frank P. Blair. 
It is to him, as I think, more than to any other one man, 
the American people owe the salvation of a great and 
pivotal State at the outbreak of Rebellion in 1861. Nearly 
everybody then knew, in a general way, that the State 
officials and the ruling class in Missouri sympathized 
with the secessionists, but very few of us, outside the 
State, believed that they really intended to join the 
secessionists in their effort to break up the Union, nor did 
we fully understand their great power. Certainly we did 
not then appreciate the tremendous odds Frank P. Blair 
and his little band of Spartan heroes, one of whom has 
just addressed you, had to contend with in defeating, as 
they did, the whole syndicate of rebel conspirators, both 
in office and out of office. 

These few men, by their vigilance and courage, held 
Missouri in the Union, and, aided by their German fel- 
low citizens and by that incomparable military genius, 
Captain Nathaniel Lyon, sent Governor Jackson and Gen- 
eral Price in panic from St. Louis back to Jefferson City, 
captured the organized ' ' fire-eaters " of Camp Jackson and 
rescued the imperiled United States arsenal, witli^ its 
seventy thousand stand of arms, from being '' looted '' by 
the ''chivalry." 

These were transcendent services, performed by, com- 
paratively speaking, a mere handful of men. Their rec- 
ord reads more like a tale of romance than of sober 

realities. 

The man who was at the fore-front of this battle tor 
a State was the same man who led the 15111 Army Corps 
to the relief of Chattanooga and at Missionary Ridge, and 



144 FIRST REUNION OF 



who commaTifled the 17th Army Corps in the Atlanta 
campaign and on the march to the sea and through the 
Carolinas. He was as uncomplaining in defeat as he was 
magnanimous in victory. He cared for his friends first, 
himself last. Of all the men I met with during the Rebel- 
lion, no one impressed me as his superior except Lincoln, 
and, take him all in all, I venture to believe that the fu- 
ture historian of these times and of the great Rebellion 
will enroll his name close up to the head of the column. 
No one as yet has fully measured and fairly estima- 
ted the value to the government of the services rendered 
by the men who throttled treason in St. Louis in 1861. 
i^ut the time is coming — must inevitably come — when 
this will be done; and when it is done, Frank P. Blair 
and the names of the men who stood by him at the su- 
preme moment when the fate of a great State, and some 
think of the Republic itself, was decided, will be found 
recorded on the scroll of the immortals. 



Tlie response that greeted this recognition of the 
splendid services of a fayorite commander was genuine, 
and showed how affectionately his old comrades in arms 
cherish his memory. 

Paul Kamerer, bugler of the 15th Ohio Battery, was 
called for and recited Mr. Fred. Emerson Brooks' dialect 
poem, entitled: 

PAT'S CONFEDERATE PIG. 

When the war broke out Pat was first to enlist; 

He'd fight wid shillaly or fight wid his fist. 

Now Patrick was fresh from the ould, ould sod, 

And carried a gun as he'd carry a hod. 

He'd soon learn to shoot it, he said, without doubt, 

If they'd put in the load phile he'd watch it come out. 

liut when he had shot it he said he had ruther 

Be pricked wid the one end than kicked wid the other ! 

His rations of whiskey he'd drink at one swig; 

And never mark time but he'd end wid a jig. 



Seventeenth army corps. 145 

They went to the front. Pat thought it was hard, 

The very first night to be put upon guard. 

Yet he paced back and forth out in the night air, 

Rehearsing his "halt" and "who goes there?" 

"I'm to shoot at the rebels, and aim at the heart — 

But how is a stranger to tell 'em apart ? 

"I'm to know Air- Rebel, the officers say. 

By the clothes he has on, supposed to be gray ! 

"Is a gintleman judged by the cut of his clothes, 

As a toper is tould by the tint of his nose ! 

"But how can I tell if he comes in the dark ? 

Must I judge of the tree by feelin' the bark? 

"I'll be sure of the wardrobe, bedad, ere I shoot ! 

To be the right man he must wear the wrong suit! 

"Oi think I'll surround him, the first thing I say; 

Then axe him this question : Your coat, is it gray? 

"But I swear by the phiskey that's in my canteen 

I'll not throuble him if he's wearin' the green !" 

'Tis late in the night — all the camp is asleep — 

When Pat hears a noise that makes his flesh creep ! 

Something crawls through the brush ! Pat halloes out "Halt?" 

And "Who goes there? If ye're deaf, it's yer fault !" 

All he hears is: r-r-ruft'I r-r-ruft" ! that sounds like a grunt — 

"He's a rough, sure !" says Pat, "for his language is blunt ! 

"Alarch here and surrender, me Reb, or ye die ! 

Come I out wid your business ! I'll bet yer a sp}- ! — 

U-g-h-w-e-e! U-g-h-w-e-e ! "Holy murther ! Phat language is that ? 

'Tis some foreign tongue, I'll be blowed!" muttered Pat. 

"An officer, sure — but betwixt you and me. 

Is the whole army wid ye?" U-g-h-w-e-e! U-g-h-w-e-e! U-g-hw-ee 

U-g-h-w-e-e! 
"We? We?" muttered Pat. "Surely that's French for yes ! 
Pll capture an army ! Hold aisy, I guess. 
"I'd bether have hilp — so I'll call up the crowd. 
The rebels are on us ! " he cries out aloud ! 
"The rebels are on us!" Out rush the whole corps. 
Surrounding the wood, which they quickly search o'er — 
Then sweep through the brush on a doul)Ie-quick jog. 
But all they can find is a dirty white hog ! 
They cursed till they laughed and laughed till they cried. 



146 FIRST REUNIOIsr OF 



For rousing the army next day Pat was tried. 
"Court martialled ? " said Pat. "My offinse is not big! 
Phy not tiy the army for rousin' the pig! 
"But, since Pve no lawyer to fix up me case 
Wid fiction, Pll give ye the truth in its place. 
"He came in the night wid a lie in his mouth, 
Just loike a Confederate, straight from the South ! 
"I axed him this question, fur I couldn't see, 
Are you, sir, a spy.? Then he answered — We ! We ! 
"As I am a soger, Pll ne'er dance a jig. 
But he was a Rebel disguised as a pig ! 
"Pve brought into court, to confirm phat Oi say, 
These bristles, that prove he was wearin' the 'gray ! ' 
" 'Twas all that was left me, Pm sad to relate. 
For the rest of the pig, sirs, your officers ate ! 
Pat was acquitted. 

Paul Kamerer keeps his war bugle carefully protected in a leather case and 
money can't buy it from him. He enlisted in the battery when scarcely 16 years 
old, served through the war and, at its close, rode down Pennsylvania avenue in 
the Grand Review along with the Captain, at the head of the battery. He was 
with the Army of the Tennessee all the way from Donelson to Richmond. He 
now lives in New York City. 



The presiding officer iutroduced the next speaker as 
one who had been a private, a (jorporal, a sergeant, a 
lieutenant, and, he believed, a captain— Comrade J. B. 
Gage, of the lOth Ohio Battery. 

While the lieutenant was making his way to the 
platform, General Howard spoke of the splendid record 
made by tlie Union troops during the late civil war, and 
of the value to mankind, as well as to this Nation, of 
their success. 

With a warm grasp of his left hand (his right was 
left at Fair Oaks), he led the Lieutenant forward. 



SEVENTEENTH ARMY CORPS. 147 



LIEUT. GAGE'S ADDRESS. 

Mr. Chairman and Comrades: 

Gen. Howard's remarks recall the admonition of one 
of America's grandest men, Horace Mann: 

"Be ashamed to die until you have won some victory for humanity." 

Our comrades who have crossed over to the other 
shore, and those yet on this side, may safely accept the 
admonition, and abide the test. They have won a vic- 
tory for humanity and need not now be ashamed to be 
"mustered out!" They have rescued from destruction the 
best Government the world has yet known, and have 
given the death blow to a stupendous crime against 
humanity— the crime of slavery. In the mighty strug- 
gle which resulted in the accomplishment of these two 
victories for humanity, the 17th Army Corps took no 
inconsiderable part. 

Early in the war, before this corps organized, many of 
its sub-divisions had shown the stuff they were made of 
on the fields of Belmont, and Donelson, and Shiloh. 

At Shiloh, the enemy had the advantage of the 




Joseph Parker Gage, sou of Judge James L. and 
Frances Dana Gage, was born in 1S42; attended public 
sr-liools until 1859; was a member of Capt. Lilly's volunteer 
company, on duty in Southern Ohio in July and August, 1861; 
enlisted as a private in the 10th Ohio Independent battery, 
^' Peb. 21, 181)3; promoted Corporal April 1, 1862; in the 
^1 idvau-e on Corinth, Miss., May, 1862; in the battle of 

Corinth, Oct. 3d and 4th, 1862; ))romoted Sergeant June 9, 

1863- in xhK siege of Vicksburg, 1863, and the Jackson campaign following; 
re-enlisted as a veter.m, Feb. 22, 1864; promoted 2d Lieut. May 9. 1864; in the 
Atlanta cmapaign, 1864; in the battle of Nashville, Tenn., Dec. 15th and 16th, 
1864; promoted senior 1st Lieut. Dec. 19th, 1864; Adjutant of Post Artillery, 
Nashville March 1865; returned to battery, Sweetwater, Tenn.; acting ordi- 
nance ofiicer at Nashville and Edglield, April 22 to July 14, 1865; rejoined 
battery and mustered out July 17, 1865, at Camp Dennison, Ohio; married in 
1871; Clerk in War Department, Washington. 



148 FIRST REUNION OF 



initiative — of surprise, if you please. Tliey were supe- 
rior in numbers and had a well formed line of battle. 
Our men were camped here and there, wherever there 
was a knoll or high^nd dry ground. They had no line 
of battle or good position on which to form one. The 
regiments, brigades and divisions of Grant's army were 
whipped in detail, but not as a whole. With the advan- 
tages gained by the Confederates at first one might have 
su|>posed they could have driven our army to a surren- 
der or into the river. But they did neither, and could 
do neither. They were stubbornly fought all day long, 
and at the time Prentiss and his division were captured, 
the other divisions were in line ready foi the assault 
they knew was coming. It was here that the splendid 
staying qualities of the Union troops were shown. 

When our line was formed, when organizations 
touched elbo^ts, as was done about 5 o'clock in the even- 
ing of tliat terrible Sunday, the rebels could not budge 
our boys one inch. It was then for the first time dur- 
ing the day a fair, square,open-field fight with the advan- 
tages on the side of the ''Johnnies." But they were 
beaten, and beaten, too, before any of Buell's troops came 
into the fight. 

After Sliiloh came luka, Corinth, and the march 
down the Mississippi Central Railroad. Then the pas- 
sage by river from Memphis to Vicksburg, the running 
of the transports past the batteries, and the crossing 
the river at a point below. 

( )ur force,under Grant at this time, including the 17th 
Corps, was scarcely greater than was afterwards surren- 
dered at Vicksburg. This comparatively small army 
marched to Raymond and won a battle; then captured 
Jackson and destroyed tlie rebel stores there, and then 
turned toward Vicksburg, meeting and beating the 
enemy at Champion's Hill and Black River Bridge, and 
investing the town itself. 

Thus the Army of the Tennessee, of which our 



SEVENTEENTH ARMY CORPS. 149 

corps was part, had in three weeks' time marched over 100 
miles, fought four important battles, destroyed valuable 
Confederate equipments and supplies, prevented a junc- 
tion of Johnston with Pemberton and cooped up the lat- 
ter in Vicksburg witli 35,000 or 40,000 men. 

No wonder such a campaign should have attracted 
the attention and won the admiration of the whole 
world. Its results were far-reaching. In fact, it was 
the beginning of the end, by far the most important suc- 
cess of the war. 

After Vicksburg, came Chattanooga, Atlanta, the 
"March to the Sea," and the advance from Savannah to 
Raleigh. Here you were halted, and for the first time, 
but not by the enemy — Oh, no! It was General G-rant 
who arrested your march. He says in his memoirs, that 
the Army of the Potomac- had earned the right of finish- 
ing General Lee's army, and Sherman was, therefore, 
ordered to keep still until they had done it. 

So, I say, that the troops which formed the 17th 
Army Corps were never defeated by the foe, were never 
stopped by them when once "the boys'' had made up 
their minds to go on. Other corps may be proud of 
their record, but none was more brilliant than ours. 

And now a word as to the great parade, in some 
respects without a parallel in history. There was no 
boastful display of captives and plunder, such as in other 
times signalized the return home of successful armies, 
but only tlie marching together of a body of peaceful 
veterans, proud of having belonged to an army which 
a little more than a quarter of a century ago put down a 
causeless rebellion and arrested the dismemberment of 
the Union, established by the fathers of the Republic. 
While a grateful people shouted its applause, their for- 
mer enemies could say: "You preserved the Republic, 
yet it is our country as truly as it is yours." [Cheering]. 



APl»ENDIX, ARMY OF THE TENNESSEE. 



151 



APPKNDIX, 



ROSTER OF GENERAL OFFICERS* 

WHO, AT ONE TIME OR ANOTHER, SERVED AS COMMANDERS OF THE 
ARMY OF THE TENNESSEE, OR OF SOME OF ITS CORPS, DIVI- 
SIONS OR BRIGADES. 

GENERALS. 



U. S. Grant. 



Wm. T. Sherman. 



P. H. Sheridan. 



MAJOR-GENERALS. 



Blair, Frank P. 
Dana, N. J. T. 
Dodge, G. M. 
Granger, Gordon 
Grierson, B. H. 
Hamilton, C. S 
Hazen, Wm. B. 
Herron, F. J. 
Howard, O.' O. 
Hurlbut, S. A. 
Logan, John A. 



]McClernand, John A. 
]McPherson, Jas B. 
Mower, Joseph A. 
Oglesby, R.J. 
Ord, E. O. C. 
Osterhaus, P. J. 
Smith, A. J. 
Steele, Frederick. 
Swayne, Wager. 
Washburne, C. C. 



*This Roster is supposed to be substantially correct so far as it goes. 
But it does not include Colonels temporarily acting as general officers in com- 
mand of brigades or divisions; nor does it include all the general officers 
of cavalry. The committee had no list at hand of cavalry officers who 
commanded brigades or divisions. 



152 APPENDIX, ARMY OF THE TENNESSEE. 



BREVET MAJOR-GENERALS. 

Andrews, C. C. Leggett, M. D. 

Asboth, Alex. Lucus, T. J. 

Benton, Wm. P. IMcArthur, John. 

Belknap, \V. W. McMillan, W. L. 
Bravman. M " Oliver J&hn M. 

Biuinidge S. G. Potts, B. F. 

Buckland, R. P. Rice,.Elliott W. 

Bussey, Cyrus. Sanborn. J. B. 

Cameron, R. A. Scott, R. K. 

Carr, Eugene A vSlack, J. R. 

Clark, Wm. T. Smith, Giles A. 

Corse, John M Smith John E. 

Dennis, Elias S. Smith, T. Kilby. 

Dornblaser, B. Smith, Wells S. 

Ewing, Hugh. Salomon, Fred'k. 

Fisk, C. B. Spooner. B. J. 

Force, M. F. Sprague, J. W. 

Fuller, J. W. Stevenson, J. D. 

Garrard, Kenner. Thaver, J. jSf. 

Gilbert, J. 1. Tourtellotte, J. E. 

Gresham. W. Q. Vandever, Wm. 

Hatch, Edward. Veatch, J. C. 

Hawkins, J. P. Walcutt,^C. C. 

Hovey, Alvin P. Warren, F. H. 

Hovey, Chas. E. Washburn, H D. 

Kimball, Nathan. Williamson, J. A. 

Lauman, J. G. Woods. Chas. R. 

Lawler, M. K. Woods, Wm. B. 

BRIGADIER-GENERALS. 

Catterson, R. F. Gorman, W. A. 

Chambers, Alex. Harrow, Wm. 

Clayton, Powell. Haynie, I. X. 

Crocker, M. M. Lee, A. L. 

Deitzler, G. W. Lightburn, J. A. J. 

Denver, J. W. McGinnis, G. F. 

Ewing, Charles Maltby, J. A. 

Garrard, T. T. Mathies, Chas. L. 



APPENDIX, ARMY OF THE TENNESSEE. 153 

Morgan, Geo. W. Rice, S. A. 

Or me, Wm. W. Ross, L. F. 

Qyiinby, I. F. Smith, M. L. 

Ransom, T. E. G. Stolbrand, C. J. 

Raum, G. B. Stuart, David 

Reid, H. T. , • Tuttle, J. M. 

Rice, A. V. ' Sweeney, T. W. 

BREVET BRIGADIER (;ENERALS 

Adams, R. N. Hutchinson, F. S. 

Anthony, D. C. Jones, Theodore. 

Baldwin, W. H. Jones, Wells S. 

Bertram, Henry. Karge, Joseph. 

Black, J. C. Kent, Lorin. 

Blanden, Leander. Kinney, T. J. 

Clark, Geo. W. Krez, Conrad. 

Coates, J. H Landrum, W.J. 

Cockerill, J R. Lippincott, C. E. 

Crandal, F. M. Lynch, W. F. 

Curly. Thomas. Macauley, Dan. 

Day. H. M. McCook, E. S. 

De Groat, C. H. McCrellis, L. 

Dye, Wm. McE. McNaught, T. A. 

Engehnann, A. McNulta, John. 

Fairchild, C. Marshall, M. R. 

Farrar, B. G. Martin, J. S. - 

Fletcher, Theo. C. Mersy, August. 

Geddes, J. L. Miller, M. 

Grier, D. P. Mills. J. K. 

Hall, Cyrus Mizner, J. K. 

Hanna, Wm. Montgomery, M. 

Harris, C. L. Moore, David 

Heath, T. T. Moore, F. W. 

Herrick, W. F. Moore, J. W. 

Hickenlooper, A. Morgan, W. H. 

Hill, S. G. Morrill, John 

Howe, J. H. Noble, John W. 

Hubbard, L.F. Parry, A. C. 

Hudnutt, J. O. Phillips, J. J. 

Humphrey, T. V" Pomutz, Geo. 



uu 



ArrKXDIX. ARMY OF THK TKXXKS;>KK. 



Pugh, 1. C, 
Rinaker. J. I 
Ro5:;trs, G. C 
Row^tt. R. 
Rusk, J. M, 
Rust, Henry 
Scxjtield. H. 
Sheldon. L. A. 
Sheldon, C. S. 
Shunk, David 
Spicely, \V. T- 
Stone, Geo. A. 
Stone. W M. 



St^irriug. F. A. 
Thomas, DeWJtt C 
Tillson, John. 
True. T. M. 
Turner, Chas. 
Wangelin, Hugo 

Ward. T.. ^r. 

leaver. J. B, 
Wever, C. R. 
Williams. Reuben 
Wilson, John 
Winslow, E» F. 
Wolfe, E. H. 



APPENDIX, ARMY OF THE TENN^ESSEE. 155 



FIELD OFFICERS 



ARMY OF THE TENXESSEE. 



Illinois Regiments — Ixfaxtry. 

7th. Colonels, John Cook, Andrew J. Babcock, Richard Rowett. 
Lieut-Colonels, Nicholas Greusel, Hector Perrin. 
Majors, James Monroe, Geo. H. Estabrook, Edward S. 
Johnson. 

8th. Colonels, Richard J. Oglesby, Frank L. Rhodes, John P. 
Post, Josiah A. Sheetz, Lloyd Wheaton. 
Lieut-Colonels, Robert H. Sturgess, Noah W. Dennison. 
Majors, Herman Lieb, Daniel Sayers. 

9th. ColoneJs, Eleazer A. Paine, August Mersy, Samuel T. 
Hughes. 
Lieut-Colonel, Jesse J. Phillips. 
Majors, John H. Kuhn, William Padon. 

loth. Colonels, Benj. M. Prentiss, James D. Morgan. John Tilson. 
Lieut-Colonels, Charles H Adams, McLean F. Wood, 

David Gillespie. 
Majors, Francis A. Dallam, Josiah G. Rowland, Charles S. 

Cowan, .Samuel J. Wilson, George A. Race. 

This Roster is intended to include all Field Officers whose commands at 
anj' time served in the Department or Army of the Tennessee. 

If errors or omissions are noticed, the Committee would be glad to have 
them pointed out. that the Roster may be perfected. 

Address the Secretary. 

B. F. CHASE, Pension Office. 

WashiuETton. D. C. 



156 APPENDIX, ARMY OF THE TENNESSEE. 



nth. Colonels, Wm. H. L. Wallace, Tho. E. G. Ransom, Garrett 
Nevins, James H. Coates. 
Lieut-Colonels, Lloyd D. Waddell, Nathaniel C. Kenyon. 
Majors, George C. McKee, Samuel O. Lewis. 

1 2th. Colonels, John Mc Arthur, Augustus L. Chetlain, Henry 
Van Sellar. 
Lieut-Colonel, Arthur C. Ducat. 
Majors, Wm. D. Williams, James B. Hugunin. 

13th. Colonels, John B. Wyman, Adam B. Gorgas. 

Lieut-Colonels, Benjamin F. Parks, Fred'k W. Partridge. 
Majors, Douglas R. Bushnell, James M, Beardsley. 

14th. Colonels, John M. Palmer, Cyrus Hall. 

Lieut-Colonels, Amory K. Johnson, William Cam, Mal- 

comb H. Copeland. * 

Majors, Jonathan Morris, John F. Nolte, Carlos C. Cox. 

T5th. Colonels, Thomas J. Turner, George C. Rogers. 

Lieut-Colonels, Edward F. Ellis, James Rany, Lemuel O. 

Gilman. 
Majors, W^n. R. Goddard, Adam Nase, Rufus C. 'Mc- 
Eathorn, Joseph Develin. 

17th. Colonels, Leonard F. Ross, Addison S. Norton. 

Lieut-Colonels, Enos P. Woods, Francis M. Smith. 
Major, Frank F. Peats. 

1 8th. Colonels, Michael K. Lawler, Daniel H. Brush. 

Lieut-Colonels, Thomas H. Burgess, Samuel B. Marks. 
Majors, Samuel Eaton, Nathan Crews, Henry S. Wilson. 

20th. Colonels, C. Carroll Marsh, Daniel Bradley, Henry King. 
Lieut-Colonels, William Erwin, Evan Richards. 
Majors, John W. Goodwin, Fred A. Bartleson, Geo. W. 
Kennard, Roland N. Evans. 

26th. Colonels, John M. Loomis, Robert A. Gilmore, Ira J. 
Bloomfield. 
Lieut-Colonels, Charles J. Tinkham, George H. Reed. 
Majors, John B. Harris, John B. Bruner. 

2Sth. Colonels, Amory K. Johnson. Richard Ritter, Hinman 
Rhodes. 



APPENDIX, ARMY OF THE TENNESSEE. 157 

Lieut-Colonels, Louis H. Waters, Thomas M. Kilpatrick, 

Edwin P. Durell. 
Majors, Charles J. Sellon, Barclay C. Gillam, iVlbert J. 

Moses, Tho. A. Swaringuln. 

29th. Colonels, James S. Reardon, Mason Brayman, Charles M. 

Ferrill, Loren Kent. 
Lieut-Colonels, James E. Dunlap, John A. Callicott, Elijah 

P. Curtis. 
Major, Eli W. Green. 

30th. Colonels, Philip B. Fouke, Elias S. Dennis, Warren Shedd. 
Lieut-Colonels, Geo. A. Bacon, Wm. C. Rhodes. 
Majors, Thomas McClurken, Robert Allen, John P. Davis. 

31st. Colonels, John A. Logan, Lindorf Osborn, Edwin S. Mc- 

Cook, Robert N. Pearson. 
Lieut-Colonels, John H. White, John D. Reese, Wm. B, 

Short. 
Majors, Andrew J. Kuykendall, Martin V. B. Murphy, 

Harry Almon. 

33d. Colonels, John Logan, Geo. H. English. 

Lieut-Colonels, John W. Ross, William Hunter, John J. 
Rider. 

Majors, John S. Bishop, Henry Davidson, Smith Town- 
send. 

33d. Colonels, Charles E. Hovey, ■ Charles E. Lippincott, Isaac 

H. Elliott. 
Lieut-Colonels, Wm. R. Lockwood, Edward R. Roe, 

Leander H. Potter, Henry H. Pope. 
Major, Elijah H. Gray. 

40th. Colonel, Stephen G. Hicks. 

Lieut-Colonels, James W. Boothe, Rigdon S. Barnhill, Hi- 
ram W. Hall. 
Majors, John B. Smith, Wm. H. Summers. 

41st. Colone-1, Isaac C. Pugh. 

Lieut-Colonels, Ansel Tupper, John Warner, John H. 

Nale. , 

Majors, Francis M. Long, Robert H. McFadden, 



158 APPENDIX, ARMY OF THP: TENNESSEE. 



43d. Colonels, Julius Raith, Adolph Engelmann, Adolph 
Dengler. 
Lieut-Colonel, Hugo Westerman. 

Majors, Hugo M. Starkloff, Charles Stephani, Geo. H. 
Hoering. 

45th. Colonels, Charles H. Adams, John E. vSmith, Jasper A. 

Maltby, Robert P. Sealy, John O. Duer. 
Lieut-Colonels, Charles C. Campbell, Melancthon Smith, 

James J. Palmer. 
Majors, Luther H. Cowen, Leander B. Fisk, Joshua Van 

Devert. 

46th. Colonels, John A Davis, Benj. Dornblaser. 

Lieut-Colonels, Wm. O. Jones, John J. Jones. 
Majors, Fred A. Starring, John M. McCracken, Joseph 
Clingman. 

47th. Colonels, John Bryner, Wm. A. Thrush, John M. Crom- 
well, John D. McClure. 
Lieut-Colonels, Daniel L. Miles, Samuel R. Baker. 
Majors, Rush W. Chambers, John B. Miles. 

48th. Colonels, Isham N. Haynie, Wm. W. Sanford, Lucien 
Greathouse, Ashley T. Golbraith, Thomas L. B. Weems. 
Lieut-Colonels, Thos. H. Smith, John W. Ingersoll. 
Majors, Manning Mayfield, Wm. J. Stephenson, Edward 
Adams, B. F. Reynolds. 

19th. Colonels, Wm. R. Morrison, Phineas Pease, Wm, P. Moore. 
Lieut-Colonels, Thomas G. Allen, Wm. W. Bishop, Jacob 

E. Gauen. 
Majors, John B. Hay, Thomas W. Morgan. 

50th. Colonels, Moses M. Bane, William Hanna. 

Lieut-Colonels, Wm. Swarthout, Thos. W. Gaines, Mervin 

B. Converse. 
Majors, Geo. W. Randall, Samuel R. Glenn, Horace L, 

Burnham. 

52d. Colonels, Isaac G. Wilson, Thos. W. Sweeney, John S. 
Wilcox, Edwin A. Bowen, Jerpme D. Davis. 
Majors, Henry Stark, Wesley Boyd, Albert C. Perry, 



APPENDIX, ARMY OF THE TENNESSEE. 159 

53d. Colonels, Wm. H. W. Cushman, Daniel F. Hitt, Seth C. 

Earl, John W. McClanahan, Robert H. McFadden. 
Lieut-Colonel, Charles H. Brush. 
Majors, Theodore C. Gibson, Rolland H. Allison, Elisha H. 

Stumph. 

54th. Colonels, Thomas W. Harris, Greenville M. Mitchell. 

Lieut-Colonels, Augustus H. Chapman, Hiram M. Scar- 
borough. 
Majors, John M. True, Moses W. Robbins. 

55th. Colonels, David Stuart, Oscar Malmborg. 

Lieut-Colonels, Wm. D. Sanger, Theodore C. Chandler, 
James J. Hefternan, Milton L. Haney, Chas. A. Andress. 
Major, Giles F. Hand. 

56th. Colonels, Robert Kirkham, William B. Brown, Green B. 
Raum, John P. Hall. 
Lieut-Colonel, James F. Cooper. 
Majors, Pinckney J. Welsh, James F. Files, Samuel Atwell. 

57th. Colonels, Silas D. Baldwin, Frederick J. Hurlbut, Frederick 

A. Battey. 
Lieut-Colonel, Charles Rattray. 
Majors, Norman B. Page, Eric Forsee. 

58th. Colonel, William F. Lynch. 

Lieut-Colonel, Isaac Rutishowser. 

Majors, Thomas Newlan, Robert W. Healy. 

6ist. Colonels, Jacob Fry, Simon P. Ohr, Daniel Grass, Jerome 

B. Nulton. 

Major, Daniel S. Keeley. 

62d. Colonel, James M. True. 

Lieut-Colonels, Daniel B. Robinson, Stephen M. Meeker, 

Lewis C. True. 
Major, Guy S. Alexander. 

63d. Colonels, Francis Moro, Joseph B. McCovvu, James Isam- 
inger. 
Lieut-Colonel, Henry Glaze. 
Majors, Joseph K. Lemon, Joseph R. Stanford, 



160 APPENDIX, ARMY OF THE TENNESSEE. 

64th. Colonel, John Morrill. 

Lieut-Colonels, David E. Williams, Michael W. Manning, 

Joseph S. Reynolds. 
Majors, Frederick W. Matteson, George W. Stipp, John 
W. Stewart, Samuel B. Thompson, Henry Logan. 

66th. Colonels, Patrick E. Burke, Andrew K, Campbell. 

Lieut-Colonels, Charles W. Smith, David C. Gamble. 
Majors, George Pipe, Thomas O. Chestnut. 

72d. Colonel, Frederick A. Starring. 

Lieut-Colonels^ Joseph C. Wright, Joseph Stockton. 
Majors, Henry W. Chester, William James. 

76th. Colonels, Alonzo W. Mack, vSamuel T. Busey, 

Lieut-Colonels, William A. Dubois, Charles C. Jones. 
Majors, Geo. C. Harrington, Walter W. Todd. 

77th. Colonels, Charles Ballance, David P. Grier. 

Lieut-Colonels, Lysandcr R. Webb, John A. Burdett. 
Majors, Memoir V. Hotchkiss, Joseph M. ISIcCulloch. 

Sist. Colonels, James J. Dollins, Franklin Campbell, Andrew W. 
Rogers. 
Majors, Cornelius S. Ward, Thomas Hightower, James P. 
Cowens. 

S3d. Colonels, Abner C. Harding, Arthur A, Smith. 
Lieut-Colonel, Elijah C. Brott. 
Major, William G. Bond. 

S7th. Colonels, John E. Whiting, John M. Crebs. 
Majors, George W. Land, John S. Anderson. 

90th. Colonels, Timothy O'Meara, Owen Stewart. 
Lieut-Colonel, Smith McCleavy. 
Majors, Patrick Flynn, David O'Conner. 

93d. Colonels, Holden Putnam, Nicholas C. Buswell. 
Major, James M. Fisher. 

94th. Colonels, William W. Orme, John McNulta. 
Lieut-Colonel, Rankin G. Laughlin. 
Majors, Alexander T. Briscoe, James C. McFarland. 

95th. Colonels, Lawrence S. Church, Thomas W. Humphrey, 
Leander Blanden. 



APPENDIX, ARMY OF THE TENNESSEE. 161 

Lieut-Colonel, William Avery. 
Major, Charles B. Loop. 

97th. Colonels, Friend S. Rutherford, Lewis D. Martin, Victor 
Vifquain. 
Majors, Stephen W. Horton, James G. Buchanan. 

99th. Colonels, Geo. W. K. Bailey, Asa C. Matthews. 
Lieut-Colonel, Lemuel Parke. 
Majors, Edwin A. Crandall, John F. Richards. 

loist. Colonels, Charles H. Fox, John B. Lesage. 

Lieut-Colonels, William J, Wyatt, Jesse T. Newman. 
Majors, Napoleon B. Brown, Sylvester L. Moore. 

103d. Colonels, Amos C. Babcock, Willard A. Dickerman, George 
W. Wright. 
Lieut-Colonels, Parley C. Stearns, Asias Willison, Charles 
W. Wills. 

io6th. Colonels, Robert B. Latham, Henry Yates, Jr., Charles H. 
Miller. 
Lieut-Colonels, Geo. H. Campbell, John M. Hurt. 
Major, David Vanhise. 

loSth. Colonels, John Warner, Charles Turner. 

Lieut-Colonels, Reuben L. Sidwell, Wm. R. Lackland. 
Major, Lyman W. Clark. 

109th. Colonel, Alexander J. Nimmo. 

Lieut-Colonels, Elijah A. Willard, Thomas M. Perrine. 
Major, Samuel M. P. McClure. 

I nth. Colonel, James S. Martin. 

Lieut-Colonel, Joseph F. Black. 
Major, William H. Mabry. 

113th. Colonel, George B. Hoge. 

Lieut-Colonels, John W. Paddock, George R. Clark. 
Majors, Lucius H. Yates, Cephas Williams. 

114th. Colonels, James W.Judy, John F. King, Samuel N. Shoup, 
Majors, Joseph M. McLane, John M.Johnson. 

ii6th. Colonels, Nathan W. Tupper, John E. Maddux. 

Lieut-Colonels, James P. Boyd, Anderson Froman, John S. 
Windsor, 



162 APPENDIX, ARMY OF THE TENNESSEE. 



Majors, Austin McClurg, Nicholas Geschwind. 

11711-. Colonel. Risden M, Moore. 

Lieut-Colonel, Jonathan Merriam. 

Majors, Thomas J. Newsham, Robert McWilliams, William 
P. Olden. 

iiSth. Colonel, John G. Fonda. 

Lieut-Colonel, Thomas Logan. 

Majors, Robert W. McClaughry, William J. Evans. 

[19th. Colonel, Thomas J. Kinney. 

Lieut-Colonel, Samuel E. Taylor. 

Majors, William H. Watson, Peyton C. Smith. 

:20th. Colonels, George W. McKeaig, Spencer B. Floyd. 
Lieut-Colonel, John G.Hardy. 
Major, John M. Raum. 

22d. Colonel, John I. Rinaker. 

Lieut-Colonel, James F. Drish. 
Major, James F. Chapman. 

24th. Colonels, Thomas J. Sloan, John H. Howe. 
Lieut-Colonel, Adin Mann. 
Majors, Rufus P. Pattison, Henry L. Field. 

26th. Colonels, Jonathan Richmond, Lucius W. Beal. 
Lieut-Colonel, Ezra M. Beardsley. 
Majors, William W. Wilshire, John Morris, 

27th. Colonels, John Van Arman, Hamilton N. Eldridge. 

Lieut-Colonel, Frank S. Curtiss. 

Majors, Thomas W. Chandler, Frank C. Gillette. 
28th. Colonel, Robert M. Hundley. 

Lieut-Colonel, James D. Pulley. 

Major, James D. McCown. 

30th. Colonels, Nathaniel Niles, John B. Reid. 

Lieut-Colonel, James H. Matheny. 

Majors, William Prescott, Jacob W. Wilkin. 
31st. Colonel, George W. Neely. 

Lieut-Colonel, Richard A. Peter. 

Major, Joseph L. Purvis. 



APPENDIX, AEMY OF THE TENNESSEE. 



163 



Indiana Regiments — Infantry. 

8th. Colonels, William P. Benton, David Shunk. 

Lieut-Colonels, Charles S, Parish, Alexander J. Kenny, 

John R. Polk. 
Major, Thomas J. Brady. 

nth. Colonels, Lewis Wallace, George F, McGinnis, Daniel 
Macauley. 
Lieut-Colonels. Wm. J. H. Robinson, William W. Darnall. 
Majors, Isaac C. Elston, Jr., George T. Butler. 

1 2th. Colonels, John M. Wallace, William H. Link, Reuben 
Williams. 

Lieut-Colonels, Solomon D. Kempton, James Goodnow, 
Elbert D. Baldwin, George M. Trotter, George Hum- 
phries. 

Majors, Samuel Boughton, Henry Hubler. 

i6th. Colonels, Pleasant A. Hackelman, Thomas J. Lucas. 

Lieut-Colonels, Joel Wolfe, John M. Orr, James H. Red- 
field, Robert Conover. 
Major, James M. Hildreth, 

iSth. Colonels, Thomas Pattlson, Henry D. Washburn. 

Lieut-Colonels, Jesse L. Holman, Dewitt C, Thomas, 

William S. Charles. 
Majors, John C. Jenks, Jonathan H. Williams. 

33d. Colonel, William L. Sanderson. 

Lieut-Colonels, DeWitt C. Anthony, William P. Davis, 

George S, Babbitt. 
Majors, Henry C. Ferguson, Alonzo Tubbs. 

24th. Colonels, Alvin P. Hovey, William T. Spicely. 

Lieut-Colonels, Richard F. Barter, John F. Grill, Francis 

A. Sears, John Geuber, WiUiam S. Pollard. 
Majors, Cyrus C. Hines, Francis M. Redburn, David Kelly. 

35th. Colonels, James C. Veatch, William H. Morgan. 

Lieut-Colonels, John W. Foster, John Rheinlander, James 

S. Wright. 
Majors, John T. Walker, William H. Crenshaw. 







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166 APPENDIX, ARMY OF THE TENNESSEE. 

93d. Colonel, DeWitt C. Thomas. 

Lient-Colonels, George W. Carr, John W. Poole, Samuel 

S. Crowe. 
Majors, James F. McCurdy, Chas. A. Hubbard. 

97th. Colonels, Robert T. Catterson, Aden G, Cavins, 
Lieut-Colonel, John Fields. 
Majors, William H. Schlater, David Shely, James Hudson. 

99th. Colonels, Alexander Fowler, Josiah Farrar. 

Lieut-Colonels, Richard P. DeHart, John M. Berkey, 

William V. Powell. 
Majors, Joseph Homan, Samuel Moore. 

looth. Colonels, Charles Case, Sanford J. vStoughton, Albert 

Heath, Ruel M.Johnson. 
Lieut-Colonel, John W. Headington. 
Majors, Edward P. Williams, William H. Ghere, Edwin 

Goldsmith. 

Iowa Regime^jts — Infantry. 
I 

2d. Colonels, Samuel R. Curtis, James M. Tuttle, James Baker, 

Noah W. Mills, James B. Weaver, Noel B. Howard. 
Lieut-Colonels, Marcellus M. Crocker, Henry R. Cowles, 

George L. Wright, George S. Botsford, Charles W. 

Gurney. 
Majors, Norton P. Chipman, Matthew G. Hamil, OLver C. 

Lewis. 

3d. Colonels, Xelson G. Williams, Aaron Brown. 

Lieut-Colonels, John Scott, Matthew M. Trumbull, James 

Tullis. 
Majors, William M. Stone, George W. Crosley. 

4th, Colonels, Grenville M. Dodge, James A. Williamson, .Samuel 

D. Nichols, 
Lieut Colonels, John Galligan, George Burton, Albert R. 

Anderson. 
Majors, William R. English, Joseph Cramer, Randolph 

Sry. 

5th. Colonels, \Vm. H. Worthington, Charles L. Matthies, Jabez 
Banbury. 
Lieut-Colonel, Ezekiel S. Sampson. 



APEENDIX, ARMY OF THE TENNESSEE. 167 



Majors, Wm. S. Robertson. ^^'In. S. ]Marshall. 

6th. Colonels, ]ohn A. McDowell, John M, Corse, William H. 
Clune. 
Lieut-Colonels, ]SIarkoe Cummins, Alex. J. Miller. 
Majors, John Williams, Thomas J. Ennis, David J. McCoy. 

7th. Colonels, Jacob G. Lauman, Elliott W. Rice, James C. Par- 
rott. 
Lieut-Qolonels, Augustus Wents. Samuel Mahon. 
!Major, James W. AIcMullen. 

Sth. Colonels, Frederick Steele, James L. Gedde.-. 

Lieut-Colonels. John C. Ferguson, Wm. B, Bell, Andrew 

Geddes. 
Majors, Joseph Andrews, F. S. Palmer, Wm. Stubbs, S. E. 

Rankin. 

9th. Colonels, William Vandever, David Carskaddon. 

Lieut-Colonels. Frank J. Herron, Wm. H. Coyle, Alonzo 

Abernethy. 
Majors, Don A. Carpenter, George Granger, Chester W. 
In man. 

roth. Colonels, Nicholas Perczel, William E. Small. Paris P. 
Henderson, William H. Silsby. 
Lieut Colonels, Nathaniel McCalla. Haron W. Drew. 
Majors, John C. Bennett, Robert Lusby, John M. Cochran. 

nth. Colonels. Abraham ]NL Hare, William Hall. 

Lieut-Colonels, John C. Abercrombie, Benjamin Beach. 
Majors, Charles Foster, John C. Marven. 

i2th. Colonel, Joseph J. Wood. John H. Stubbs. 

Lieut-Colonels, J. P. Coulter, S. R. Edgington, S. G. 

Knee. 
^Majors, Samuel D. Bradtbeck, E. M. Van Duzee. 

13th. Colonels, Marcellus 'SI. Crocker, John Shane, James Wil- 
son. 

Lieut-Colonels, jSIilton ^L Price, Justin C. Kennedy. 

Majors, George M. Van Hosen, William A.Walker, Alonzo 
J. Pope. 

14th. Colonel, William T. Shaw. 

Lieut-Colonels, Edward W. Lucas, Joseph H. Newbold. 






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jL?PE5a>IX. A]^]BT OF THE 113iJsiSSEX. 169 

25933,. Calanel, Gteorge A. Stone. 

Laeart-C'-eilaiiels^ Fijian Sryiiolf, DfaTad J. Painaer. 
Majors, ^Caif!iIl Xarlor, Joim L- Perkins. 

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^ : - ; - ~ rill. Tbonaas G. Perreby, 

Natharti ©.. Hubibard. 
Maiiars^ Samndl Oark, Ciiaries M. ^je^ Wan. H. iiail. 

Tiptk. Coiocnel . Jam^ I. 'Gilbert. 
Ijjcait-Coiianel. Jed Lake. 
Manior, 'Gear»e "W. Ho-w-ard. 

sSaih. C«>lanek, Wm. Z. Maikrt, Jicftni Oomnjem, iB. W. Wilsoaa. 
LaeBt4r-olaneL. John Meyer. 
Maiotts., Hugh M. aLytndh . ""^ '- - 



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. , -.cibert P. PatEerscm. 

Ma-Tore., Charies B. Sbotenaaker., Jose^ Lymaaa. 

3Cith. CoioBeia., Cbarles H. AbbiDit!t, Wan. M. G. Tanremce. 

Liieoir-Colonel . -- - ~^ 'rrts. 

Miliars-, L^a-w-rer . . - :>bert 13 . Craimer. 

- >_ ..icinek, Wm. Smytlla, J. W. Jenkins 
LiJesntt-C-oicmeiL Tijeoflcffe Stimnnair ^ 
Maiiiars, Easekieil CoittJler, Se'w^IH S. P-arweii. 

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MaiioK^ HJii-aim D- Gdbsiam, Cyms B. B^ydstsoaa. 

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VaaTen S. I>iinacaan,. 
Mavars^ i8.:»ciiie B. KeOOic^e:, Jiakn Xena, HiiickTey P. Beebe. 

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170 APPENDIX, ARMY OF THE TENNESSEE. 

36th. Colonel, Charles W. Kittridge. 

Lieut- Colonel, Francis M. Drake. 

Major, Thomas C. Woodward, Augustus H. Hamilton. 

38th. Colonel, D. Henry Hughes. 

Lieut-Colonel, Joseph O. Hudnutt. 

Majors, Charles Chadwick, Hinckley F. Beebe. 

39th. Colonels, Henry J. B. Cummings, Joseph M. Griffiths. 
Lieut-Colonels, James Redfield, George N. Elliott. 
Major, Isaac D. Marsh. 

40th. Colonel, John A. Garrett. 

Lieut-Colonel, San^uel F. Cooper. 
Major, Sherman G. Smith. 

Kansas Regiment — Infantry. 

1st. Colonels, George W. Deitzler, William F. Roberts. 

Lieut-Colonels, Oscar E. Learnard, Otto M. Tennison, 

Newell W. Spicer. 
Majors, John A. Halderman, James Ketner. 

Kentucky Regiments — Infantry. 

7th. Colonels, Theophilus T. Garrard, George W. Monroe, 

Reuben May. 
Lieut-Colonels, Joel W. Ridgell, John Lucas, Thomas J. 

Daniel. 
Majors, Isaac H. Card well, Hugh W. Adams, Elisha B. 

Tread way. 

19th. Colonel, William J. Landrum. 
Lieut-Colonel, John Cowan. 

Majors, John R. Duncan, Morgan V. Evans, Josiah J. 
Mann. 

22d. Colonels, George W. Monroe, Daniel W. Lindsey. 
Lieut-Colonel, WiUiam J. Worthington. 
Majors, Wesley Cook, John Hughes. 

Michigan Regiments — Infantry. 

3d Colonels, Israel B. Richardson, Orlando M. Poe, William 
Humphrey. 
Lieut-Colonels, Adolphus W. Williams, Sylvester Earned, 



APPENDIX, ARMY OF THp: TENNESSEE. 171 

Louis Dillman, Edwin J. March, Henry L. Chipmnn, 
Charles B. Haydon, Frederick Schneider. 
Majors, Cornelius Byin^^ton, Jolin C. Boughton. 

8th. Colonels, William M. Fenton, Frank Graves. 
Lieut-Colonel, Ralph Ely. 

Majors, Ainasa B. Watson, Ephraim W. Lyon, W. Ely 
Lewis, Horatio Belcher, Richard N. Doyle. 

1 2th. Colonels, Francis Quinn, William H. Graves, Dwight 
May. 
Lieut-Colonel, Phineas Graves. 
Majors, George Kimmel, Lewis W. Pearl. 

i^th. Colonels, John M. Oliver, Frederick S. Hutchinson. 

Lieut-Colonels, John McDermott, Austin E. Jaquith, Moses 

A. La Point. 
Majors, Thomas E. Morris, John Bell. 

17th. Colonels, William H. W^ithington, Constant Luce. 

Lieut-Colonels, Lorin L. Comstock, Frederick W. Swift. 
Majors, George Collins Lyons, Thomas Mathews. 

20th. Colonel, Adolphus W. Williams. 

Lieut-Colonels, Byron M. Cutcheon, Claudius B. Grant, W, 

Huntington Smith, Clement A. Lounsberry. 
Majors, George C. Barnes, Frank Porter. 

27th. Colonels, Dorus M. Fox, Byron M. Cutcheon, Charles 
White. 

Lieut-Colonels, J. H. Richardson, W^illiam B, Wright, Ed- 
ward S. Leadbeater. 

Majors, Samuel Moody, Daniel (j. Cash. 

Minnesota Regiments — Infantry. 

3d. Colonels, Christopher C. Andrews, Chauncey W. Griggs, 
Henry C. Lester, Hans Mattson. 
Lieut-Colonels, Benjamin F. Smith, Everett W. Foster, 

James H. Holt. 
Majors, John A. Hadley, William W. Webster. 

4th. Colonels, John B. Sanborn, John E. Tourtellotte. 
Lieut-Colonels, Minor T. Thomas, James C. Edson. 
Majors, Luther L. l?axter, A. Edward Welch, Leverett R 
Wellman, 



172 APPENDIX, ARMY OF THE TENNESSEE. 

i^th. Colonels, Rudolph Borgesrode, Lucius F. Hubbard. 
Lieut-Colonel, Wm. B. Gere. 
Majors, Francis Hall, John C. Becht, John P. Houston. 

7th. Colonels, Stephen Miller, William R. Marshall. 
Lieut-Colonel, George Bradley. 
Major, William H. Burt. 

9th. Colonels, Alexander Wilkin, Josiah F. Marsh. 
Lieut-Colonel, William Markham. 
Major, Horace B. Strait. 

loth. Colonel, James H. Baker. 

Lieut-Colonel, Samuel P. Jennison. 
Majors, Michael Cook, Edwin C. Sanders. 

Missouri Regiments — Infantry. 

2d. Colonels, Frederick Schtefer, Bernard Laibold. 
Li^ut-Colonels, Francis Ehrer, Arnold Beck. 
Majors, Julius Windshuke, Mathias Kramer, Bernard A. 
Carroll. 

3d. Colonels, Isaac F. Shepard, Henry Ramming, Theodore 
Meumann. 
Lieut-Colonels, Henry Bischoff, W. A. Hequembourg. 
Majors, Alexis Mudd, Joseph Conrad. 

6th. Colonels, Peter E. Bland, James H. Bland, Delos Van 
Deusen. 
Lieut-Colonels, Ira Boutell, Patrick G. Galvin. 
Majors, Joseph S. Gage, John W. Fletcher, James S. 
Temple, Bowman H. Peterson, James C. McGinnis, Wm. 
D. Coleman, Mahlon Weber. 

7th. Colonels, John D. Stevenson, William S. Oliver. 

Lieut-Colonels, Thomas Curley, E. B. Brown, Robert 

Buchanan. 
Majors, Edwin Wakefield, William B. Collins. 

8th. Colonels, Morgan L. Smith, Giles A. Smith, David C. Cole- 
man. 
Lieut-Colonels, James Peckham, Dennis T. Kirby. 
Major, John McDonald. 



APPENDIX, «AEMY OF THE TENNESSEE.. 173 

loth. Colonels, Chester Harding, Samuel A. Holmes, Geo. R. 
Todd, Francis C. Deimling. 
Lieut-Colonels, John D. Foster, Leonidas Harney, Christian 

Hoppel. 
ISIajors, Aaron Brown, Joseph Walker. 

iith, Colonels, Joseph B. Flummer, Joseph A. Mower, David 
Bayles, A. J. Webber, Wm. L. Barnum, Eli Bowyer. 
Lieut-Colonels, Wm. E. Panabaker, M. J. Green. 
Majors,' B. F. Livingston, Wm. W. W. Clelland. 

i2th. Colonels, Peter Joseph Osterhaus, Hugo Wangelin. 
Lieut-Colonels, Otto Schadt, Jacob Ka^rcher. 
Majors, Gustavus Lightfoot, Frederick T. Ledergerber. 

15th. Colonels, Francis J. Joliat, Joseph Conrad. 

Lieut-Colonels, William Jackson, John Weber, Theodore 

Meumann. 
Majors, George Landry, Henry F. Deitz, Francis Mohr- 
hardt, George Ernst. 

17th. Colonels, Francis Hassendubel, John F. Cramer. 
Lieut-Colonel, Francis Romer. 

Majors, August H. Poten, Frederick Niegemann, Francis 
Wilhelmi. 

iSth. Colonels, Madison Miller, W. James Morgan, Charles S. 

Sheldon. 
Lieut-Colonels, William H. Minter, Isaac V. Pratt, William 

M. Edgar. 
Majors, Alfred Williams, James A. Price, Edward S. 

Donnelly. 

2ist. Colonel, David ]Moore. 

Lieut-Colonels, Humphi-y AL Woodyard, James J. Lyon, 

Edwin Moore, Joseph G. Best. 
Majors, George W. Fulton, Barnabus B. King, Henry Mc- 

Gonigle. 

24th. Colonels, Sempronius H. Boyd, James K. Mills. 
Lieut-Colonel, W. H. Stark. 
Majors, Robert H. Fyan, Eli W. Weston, James J. Lyons. 



174 APPENDIX, ARMY OP^ THE TENNESSEE. 

36th. Colonels, George B. Boomer, Benjamin D. Dean. 

Lieut-Colonels, John H.Holman, John M. Fall,Theron M. 

Rice. 
Majors, Ladislaus E. Koniuszeski, Richard C. Crov\ell, 
Charles F. Brown, John Rees. 

37th. Colonel, Thomas Curley. 

Lieut-Colonels, Augustus Jacobson, James F. Howe, Dennis 

Kirby. 
Major, Dennis O'Connor. 

39th, Colonels, John S. Cavender, James Peckham, Joseph S. 
Gage. 
Lieut-Colonels, Thomas H. McVicker, Philip H. Murphy. 
Majors, Bowman H. Peterson, Christian Burkhardt. 

30th. Colonel, Beanard G. Farrar. 

Lieut-Colonels, John W. Fletcher, Otto Schadt, William T. 

Wilkinson. 
Major, James S. Farrar. 

31st. Colonel, Thomas C. Fletcher. 

Lieut-Colonel, Samuel P. Simpson. 
Major, Frederick Jaensch. 

33d. Colonel, Francis H. Manter. 

Lieut-Colonels, Henry C. Warmoth, Abraham J. 'Seay. 
Major, Andy B, Treece. 

33d. Colonels, Clinton B. Fisk, William A. Pile. 
Lieut-Colonel, William H. Heath. 
Majors, George W. Van Beck, William J. McKee. 

35th, Colonel, Samuel A. Foster. 

Lieut-Colonels. Thomas F. Kimball, James A. Greason, 

Horace Fitch. 
Major, Thomas IL Penny. 

Ohio Regiments — Infantry. 

i6th. Colonel, John F. De Courcy. 

Lieut-Colonels, George W. Bailey, Philip Kershner. 
Majors, Robert W. P. Muse, Milton Mills, Eli W. Bots- 
ford. 



APPENDIX, ARMY OF THE TENNESSEE. 175 



20th. Colonels, Manning F. Force, Charles Whittlesey. 

Lieut Colonels, James N. McElroy, John C. Fry, Harrison 

Wilson. 
Majors, Edward C. Downs, Francis M. Shaklee, Peter 
Weatherby. 

22d. Colonels, Crafts J. Wright, Oliver Wood. 

Lieut-Colonels, Benjamin T. Wright, Homer Thrall, Joseph 

F. St. James. 
Majors, Charles W. Anderson, George R. French. 

27th. Colonel, John W. Fuller. 

Lieut-Colonels, Henry G. Kennett, Zeph S. Spaulding, 

Mendal Churchill, Isaac Newton Gilruth. 
Majors, Edwin Nichols, James P. Simpson. 

30th. Colonels, Hugh Ewing, Theodore Jones. 

Lieut-Colonels, George H. Hildt, Emerson P. Brooks. 
Majors, John Ferguson, David Cunningham, Charles Town- 
send. 

32d. Colonels, Benjamin F. Potts, Thomas H. Ford, Jefferson J. 

Hibbets. 
Lieut-Colonels, Robert H. Bentley, Ebenezer H. Swinney, 

Sheldon Guthrie. 
Majors, Sylvester ]NL Hewitt, Abraham AL Crumbecker, 

Isaac B. Post. 

37th. Colonel, Edward Siber. 

Lieut-Colonel, Louis Von Blessingh. 
Majors, Charles Ankele, Charles Hipp. 

39th. Colonels, Alfred W. Gilbert, Edward F. Noyes, John Groes- 
beck, Daniel Weber. 
Lieut-Colonels, Henry T. McDowell, Henry A. Babbitt. 
Majors, William H. Lathrop, John S. Jenkins, George T. 
Rice. 

42d. Colonels, James A. Garfield, Lionel A, Sheldon. 
Lieut-Colonel, Don. A. Pardee. 
Majors, Frederick A. Williams, William H. Williams. 

43d. Colonels, Wager Swayne, J. L. Kirby Smith, Horace Park. 
Lieut-Colonels, Walter F. Herrick, John H. Rhodes. 
Majors, Harley H. Sage, Albert H. Howe. 



176 APPENDIX, ARMY OF THE TENNESSEE. 

46th. Colonels, Thomas Worthington, Charles C. Walcutt. 

Lieut-Colonels, William Smith, Isaac N. Alexander, Ed- 
ward N. Upton. 
Majors, Henry H. Giesy, John B. Neil. 

47th. Colonels, Frederick Poschner, Lyman S. Elliott, Augustus 
C. Parry. 
Lieut-Colonejs, Frederick Hesser, John Wallace. 
Major, Thomas T. Taylor. 

48th. Colonels, Peter J. Sullivan, Job R. Parker. 

Lieut-Colonels, Joseph W, Lindsey, James R. Lynch, 
Majors, James S, Wise, Virgil H. Moats, John A. Bering. 

53d. Colonels, Jesse J. Appier, Wells S. Jones. 

Lieut-Colonels, Robert A. Fulton, Prjeston R. Galloway. 
Majors, Harrison S, Cox, Ephraim C. Dawes. 

i^4th. Colonel, Thomas Kilby Smith. 

Lieut-Colonels, James A. Farden, Cyrus W. Fisher, Robert 

Williams, Israel T. Moore. 
Major, George F. Kili. • 

56th. Colonels, Peter Kinney, William H. Ra3'nor. 

Lieut-Colonels, Sampson E. Varner, Henry E. Junes. 
Major, Charles F. Reiniger. 

!^7th. Colonels, Americus V. Rice, William Mungen. 
Lieut-Colonel, Samuel R. Mott. 
Majors, Silas B. Walker, John McClure. 

c^Sth. Colonel, Valentine Bausenwein. 

Lieut-Colonels, Ferdinand F. Remple, Peter Dister, AVilliain 

S. Friesner, Ezra P. Jackson. 
Major, Andrew Gallfy. 

63d. Colonel, John W, Sprague. 

Lieut-Colonels, William E. Gilmore, Alexander L. Harkins, 
Charles E. Brown. 

Majors, James H. Odlin, John W. Fonts, Oscar L. Jack- 
son. 

78th. Colonels, Robert K, Scott, Samuel II. Steedman. 
Lieut-Colonels, John S. Snook, George E. Wells. 
Major, Arthur Crockett. 



APPENDIX, ARMY OF THE TENNESSEE. 177 

70th. Colonel, Jos. R. Cockrill. 

Lieut-Colonels, DeWitt C. Loudon, Henry L. Phillips. 
Majors. John W. McFarren, William B. Brown, James 
Brown. 

71st. Colonels, Rodney Alason, Henry K. McC.onnell. 

Lieut-Colonels, George W. Andrews, Barton S. Kyle, James 

H. Hart. 
Major. James W. Carlin. 

72d. Colonel. Ralph P.' Buckland. 

Lieut-Colonel, Herman Canfield, LeRoy Crockett, Chas.G. 

Eaton. 
Majors, Eugene A. Rawson, vSamuel A. J. Snyder. 

76th. Colonels. Charles R. Woods, William B. Woods. 
Lieut-Colonels, Willard Warner, Edwaid Briggs. 
Major, Reason C. Strong. 

7Sth. Colonels, Mortimer D. Leggett, Zachariah ]SL Chandler, 

Greenbury F. Wiles. 
Lieut-Colonels, Benjamin F. Hawkes, Gilbert D. Munson. 
Majors, David F. Carnahan, John T. Rainey, Israel C. 

Robinson. 

Soth. Colonels, Ephraim R. Eckley, M. IL Bartilson. 

Lieut-Colonels, William Marshall, Pren Metham, Thomas 

C. Morris. 
Alajors, David Skeeles, Richard Lanning, Henry C. Rob- 
inson. 

Sist, Colonels, Thomas Morton, Robert X. Adams. 

Lieut-Colonels, John A. Turley, James W. Titus. William 

H. Hill. 
Majors, Charles N. Lamison, Frank Evans, William IL 

Chamberlin, William C. Henry. 

83d. Colonel, Frederick W, ^loore. 

Lieut-Colonel, William IL Baldwin. 
]Major, S. S. LTIommedieu. 

95th. Colonel, Wm. L. Mc^NIillan. 

Lieut-Colonel, Jeflerson Brumback. 
Majors, James M. Stuart, Win. R. Warnock. 



178 APPENDIX, ARMY OF THE TENNESSEE. 

96th. Colonel, Joseph W. Vance. 

Lieut-Colonel, Albert H. Brown. 

Majors, Charles H. McElroy, Joseph Leonard. 

114th. Colonels, John Cradlebaugh, John H. Kelly. 

Lieut-Colojiels, Horatio B. Maynard, John F. McKinley. 
Majors, John Lynch, Emanuel Gephart, Ephraim Brown. 

I20th. Colonels, Daniel French, Alarcus ]\L i^piegel. 

Lieut-Colonels, John W. Beekman, Milliard vSlocum. 
Major, John F. McKinley. 

New Jersey Regiments — Infantry. 

35th. Colonel, John J. Cladeck. 

Lieut-Colonel, William A. Henry. 
Major, John B. Sine. 

New York Regiments — Infantry. 

17th. Colonel, II. S. Lansing. 

Lieut-Colonels, Thomas F. Morris, Nelson B. Bartram. 
Majors, Charles A. Johnson, William T. C. Grower, 

173d. Colonels, Charles B. Morton, Lewis 'hi. Peck. 

Lieut Colonels, William N. Green, Jr., M. T. Ilolbrook. 
Majors. G. A. Powers, George W. Roger. 

West \"irginia Regiments — Infantry. 

4th. Colonels, Joseph A. J. Lightburn, James H. Drayton. 

Lieut-Colonels, Wm. H. H. Russell, John L. \"ance. 
Majors, Henry Grayum, John T. Plall, Azro M. Good- 
speed. 

Wisconsin Regiments — Infantry. 

8th. Colonels, Robert C. Murphy, John W. Jefferson, George 
W. Robbins. 
Lieut-Colonel, William B. Britton. 
Major, James O. Bartlett. 

nth. Colonel, Charles L. Harris. 

Lieut-Colonels, Charles A. Wood, Luthur H. Whittlesey. 
Majors, Arthur Piatt, Jesse S. Miller. 



APPENDIX, ARMY OF THE TENNESSEE. 179 

1 2th. Colonels. George E. Bryant, James K. Proudfit. 

Lieut-Colonels, Dewitt C. Poole, William E, Strong. 
Majors, John M. Price, Carlton B. Wheelock. 

13th. Colonels, Maurice Malony, William P. Lvon. 

Lieut-Colonels, James F. Chapman, Augustus IL Kummel. 
Majors, Thomas O. Bigney, Charles S. Noyes. 

14th. Colonels, John Hancock, David E. Wood, Lyman INI. 
Ward. 
Lieut-Colonels, Isaac E. Messmore, James W. Polleys, Eddv 

F. Ferris. 
Majors, Asa Worden, William L Henry. 

1 6th. Colonels, Benjamin Allen, Cassius Fairchild. 
Lieut-Colonel. Thomas Reynolds. 
Majors, William F. Dawes, Joseph Craig. 

17th. Colonels, John L. Doran, Adam G. Mallov. 

Lieut-Colonels, Thomas McMahon, Donald D. Scott. 
Majors, William H. Plunkett, Patrick McAuley. 

iSth. Colonels, James S. Alban, Gabriel Bouck. 

Lieut-Colonels, Samuel W. Beall, Charles H. Jackson. 
Majors,}. W. Crane, James P. Millard. 

23d. Colonel, Joshua J. Guppy. 

Lieut-Colonels, Edmund Jussen, William E.Vilas, Edgar P. 

Hill. 
Majors, Charles H. Williams, Joseph E. Greene. 

25th. Colonel, Milton Montgomer}'. 

Lieut-Colonels, Samuel J. Nasmith, Jeremiah M. Rusk. 
Major, William H. Joslin. 

37th, Colonel, Conrad Krez. 

Lieut-Colonels, John L Brown, Ten Eyck G. Olmstead. 

2Sth. Colonel, James M. Lewis. 

Lieut-Colonels, Charles Whitaker, Edmund B. Gray. 
Major, Calvert C. White. 

39th. Colonel, Charles R. Gill, William A. Greene. 

Lieut-Colonels, Gerrit T, Thorn, Bradford Hancock. 
Major, Horace E. Connit. 



180 APPENDIX, ARMY OF THE TENNESSEE. 

31st, Colonels, Isaac E. Messmoie, Francis H. West. 
Lieut-Colonel, George D. Rogers. 
Majors, Robert B. vStephenson, William J. Gibson. 

32d. Colonels, James H. Howe, Charles H. De Groat. 

Lieut-Colonels, Abel B. Smedley, William A. Bugh, Joseph 

H. Carleton. 
Major, William S. Burrows. 

33d. Colonel, Jonathan B. Moore. 

Lieut-Colonels, Frederick vS. Lovell. Horatio H. Virgin. 
Major, George R. Frank. 

34th. Colonel, Fritz Anneke. 

Lieut-Colonel, Henry Orff. 
Major, George H. Walther. 

United States Infantry. 

I St. Major, Maurice Malony. 

13th. Major, Daniel Chase. 

United States Coeoked Troops — Infantry. 

46th. Colonels, William F. W^ood, Julian E. Bryant, Eliphalet 
Whittlesey. 
Lieut-Colonels, James W. Campbell, Will Lyon, 
JVIajors, George M. Burson, George A. Barnes. 

47th. Colonel, Hiram Scoileld. 

Lieut-Colonel, Ferdinand E. Peebles. 
Mnjor, Cliarles E. Compton. 

48th, Colonel, Frederick M. C'randal. 

Lieut-Colonels, Van E. Young. Mosts H. Crowell. 

]\Iajor, Benjamin F. Stevens. 
49th. Colonels, Edwin \V. Chamberlain, Van E. Young. 

Lieut-Colonel, Cyrus Sears 

^Majors, William Cotton, Thomas S. Free, 
i^oth. Colonel, Charles ^V. Gilchrist. 

Lieut-Colonels, Robert S. Donaldson, Moses H. Tuttle. 

Major, Abner E. Barnes. 
Sist. Colonels, Isaac F. Shepard, 1^. Watson Webber. 

Lieut-Colonels, Julian E. Bryant, AlFretl Buck. 

]\Iajors, William S. A ken, Richard J. Hanna. 



APPENDIX, ARMY OB' THE TENNESSEE. 181 

^zd. Colonel, George M. Ziegler. 

Lieut-Colonel, Henry R. Brcnkcrhort'. 
Major, Charles Holstein. 

53c1. Colonels, Richard H. Ballinger, Orlando C. Risdon. 

Lieut-Colonels, John F. Robinson, Charles E. Compton. 
^Ltjor, Edwartl L. Moore. 

:;5th. Colonels, James \[. Alexander, James M. Irvin, N. R. Bart 
ram. 
Lieut Colonels, Edgar i\L Lowe, William 15. ^NlcCord. 
Major. Frank ?vL Ewing. 

:;Sth. Colonels, ^Vbsalom S. Smith, Simon M. Preston. 

Lieut-Colonels, Samuel A. Harrison. Norman S. Gibson. 
]\Lijors. Samuel B. Deane, Lewis Ravnolds, ^Varren Peck. 

59th. Colonel, Richard Ronton. 

Lieut-Colonels, Robert E. Phillips, Robert Cowdon. 
Major, James C. Foster. 

6ist. Colonel, Frank A. Hendrick. 
Lieut-Colonel, John Foley. 
Major, Edmund R. Wiley. 

63d. Colonel, John Eaton, Jr. 

Lieut-Colonels, Samuel Thomas, Albion L. Mitchell. 
jSIajor, William G. Sargent. 

6_j.th. Colonel, Samuel Thomas. 

Lieut-Colonels, John Phillips, Robert S. Donaldson. 
Majors, George W. Young, Edward B. Metyard. 

66th. Colonels, William T. Frobock, Michael W. Smith. 
Lieut-Colonel, George W. vSimpson. 
Majors, Joseph Clark. Frank E. Miller. 

68th. Colonel. J. Blackburn Jones. 

Lieut-Colonels, James H. Clendening, Daniel Densmore. 
jSLajor. Oliver IL Holcomb. 

70th. Colonel, Willard C. Earle. 

Lieut-Colonels, Charles B. Leavitt, Morris Yeomans. 
Majors, James T. Watson, W. W. Boatright. 

I loth. Colonel, Wallace Campbell. 

Lieut-Colonel, Dedrick F. Tiedemann. 



182 APPENDIX, ARMY OF THE TENNESSEE. 

Major, William C. Hawley. 

iiith. Colonels, William H. Lathrop, Joel A. Dewey. 
Lieut-Colonel, William H. Scrog'gs. 
Alajor, James Henry. 

135th. Colonel, John E. Gurley. 

Lieut- Colonel, David 11. Budlong. 
Major, David Dixon. 

Illinois Light Artillery. 

1st. Colonels, Joseph D. Webster, Ezra Taylor. 

Lieut-Colonels, Charles H. Adams, Allen C. Waterhouse. 
Majors, Charles C, Campbell, Charles M. Willard. Charles 

Houghtaling, SanUiel B. Barrett, John T. Cheney, 

Raphael G. Romliauer, John A. Fitch. 

Battery A. Captains, Jas. Smith, Chas. jNL Willard, Francis 
Morgan, Peter P. Wood, vSamuel vS. vSmith, lulward P. 
Wilcox. 

Battery B. Captains, Ezra Taylor, Samuel E. Barrett, Israel P. 
Rumsey, Lyman Bridges, Lyman A. White. 

Battery C. Captains, Charles Houghtaling, Alark II. Prescott. 
Joseph R. Channel. 

Battery D. Captains, Edward McAllister, Ilenrv A. Rogers. 
Edgar H, Cooper. 

Battery E. Captains, Allen C. Waterhouse. John A. Fitch, Orrin 
W^. Cram. 

Battery F. Captains. John T. Cheney, Josiah II. Burton. 

Battery G. Captains, Arthur O'Leary, Raphael G. Bombauer. 

Battery H. Captains, Axel Silversparre, Le\i \\\ Hart, Francis 
DeGress. 

Battery I. Captains, Edward Bouton, Albert Cuthie\ . John C. 
Neely. 

Battery K. Captain, John H. Calvin. 

Battery L. Captain, John Rourke. 

Battery M. Captains, John B. Miller, George W. Spencer, 



APEENDIX, ARMY OF THE TENNESSEE. 183 

3d. Colonel, Thomas S. Mather. 

Lieut-Colonel, William L. Duff. 
- • Majors, Frederick A. Starring, Charles J. Stolbrand, Adolph 
Schwartz, Edwin Smith, Peter Davidson, Rolla Madison, 
John W. Powell, Wm. H. Bolton. 

Battery A. Captains, Peter Davidson, Herman Borris, 

Battery B. Captains, Relly Madison, Fletcher II. Chapman. 

Battery C. Captains, Caleb Hopkins, James P. Flood. 

Battery D. Captains, Jasper M. Dresser, James P. Timmon}-, 
Fritz Anneke, Charles S. Cooper. 

Battery E. Captains, Adolph Schwartz, George C. Gumbart, 
George L. Xispel. 

Battery F. Captains, John W. Powell, George R. Richardson. 

Battery G. Captains, Charles J. Stolbrand, Frederick Sparrestrom, 
John W. Lowell. 

Battery H. Captains, Andrew Stenbeck, Henry C. W'hittemore. 

Battery I. Captains, Charles W. Keith, Judson Rich. 

Battery K. Captains, Benjamin F. Rodgers, Thomas C, Barber. 

Battery L. Captains, William H. Bolton, Erastus A. Nichols, 
Thaddeus C. Hulaniski. 

Battery M. Captain, John C. Phillips. 

Chicago Board of Trade Battery. Captains, James H. Stokes, 
George I. Robinson. 

Chicago Mercantile Battery. Captains, Charles G. Cooley, Pat- 
rick H. White. 

Springfield Battery. Captain, Thomas F. Vaughn. 

Elgin Battery. Captains, George W. Renwick, Andrew M.Wood. 

Ottawa Battery. Captain, Edward C. Henshaw. 

Cogswell's Battery. Captains, William Cogswell. William R. 
Elting. 

Indiana Light Artillery — Independent Batteries. 

ist. Captains, Martin Klauss, Lawrence Jacoby. 



184 APPENDIX, ARMY OF THE TP:NNESSEE. 

3d. Captains, Thomas J. Ginn, Wm W. Fry barger, James M. 
Cockefair, Richard Burns. 

6th. Captains, Michael Mueller, Frederick Behr. 

9th. Captains, Noah S. Thompson, George R. Brown. 

14th. Captains. Meredith H. Kidd, Francis W. Morse, John W. 
McGuire. 

Iowa Independent Batteries. 

1st. Captains. Chas. H. Fletcher, Junius A. Jones, Henry H. 
Griffiths, Wm. H. Gay. 

2d. Captains, Joseph R. Reed, Nelson T. Spoor. 

3d. Captains, Mortimer M. Hayden, Melvil C. Wright, Orio H. 
Lyon. 

Kansas First Independent BArrERV. 

Captains, Norman Allen, Thomas Moonlight, Thomas Bickerton, 
Marcus D. Tenney. 

MicHKJAx Light Artillery. 

1st. Colonel, Cyrus O Loomis. 

Lieut-Colonels, Luther F. Hale, William H. Ross. 
Majors, Josiah W. Church, John J. Ely, A. F. R. Arndt, 
John C: Shuetz. 

Battery B. Captains, Wm. H. Ross, A. F. R. Arndt. 

Battery B. Captains, Alexander W. Dees, George Robinson, 
William W. Ilyzer. 

Battery G. Captains, Charles H. Lanphere, James H. Burdick, 
Edwin E. Lewis. 

Battery H. Captains, Marcus I). Elliott, Samuel DeCiolyer, Major 
F. Lock wood, Benjamin Kinney. 

MiNNEsorA FutsT Independent Ba rTERV. 

Captains, Emil IVIunch, William Z. Clayton. 

Missouri Regiments — Artilleijv. 

1st. Colonels, Frank P. Blair. Jr., John A". Dubois, Warren L. 
Lothrop. 
Lieut-Colonels, James Totton, (Jeorge L. Andrews. Albert 
M. Powell. 



APPENDIX, AKMY OK THE TENNESSEE. 185 

jMajors, John >r. SchoHeld, Nelson Cole, David Murphy, 
George H. Stone, John S. Cavender, Thomas D. Maurice, 
Charles Mann, Frederick Welker. 

Battery A. Captains, Francis H. Manter. George W. Schotield, 
William Fuchs. 

Battery B. Captains, Thomas D. Maurice, Martin \\'elfley. 

Battery C. Captains, George H. Stone, Charles Mann, John L. 
Matthael. 

Battery D. Captains, Henry Richardson, Byron M. Callender. 

Battery E. Captains, Nelson Cole. Joseph B. .Vtwater, Edmund 
H. Nichols. 

Battery F. Captains, David Murphy, Carey Gratz, Joseph 
Foust. 

Battery G. Captains, John S. Cavender, Henry Hescock. 

Battery H. Captains, Theodore Yates, Frederick Welker, Charles 
M. Callahan. 

Battery I. Captains, Madison ^Miller, James T. Ikiel. Charles S. 
•Sheldon, Benjamin Taunrath, Robert E. Bulliss. 

Batter}^ K. Captains, George H. Stone, Thomas D. Maurice, Still- 
man O. Fish, Patrick E. Burke, James Marr. 

Battery L. Captains, A. M. Randol, Frank Backof, J. W. Mc- 
Murray. 

Battery M." Captains, Albert M. Powell, John II. Tiemeyer. 

Battery F. (2d Regt.) Captains, Henry Duneker, Clemens Land- 
graeber, Louis Voelkner. 

Bissell's Engineer Regiment. Colonels, Josiah W. Bissell, Henry 
Flad. 
Lieut-Colonels, Charles E. Adams, William Tweeddale. 
Majors, Montague S. Hasie, Eben M. Hill. 

Ohio Light Artillery — Independent Companies. 

2d. Captains, Thomas J. Carlin, ^Villiam B. Chapman, Newton 
J. Smith, Augustus Beach. 

3d, Captains, Wm. S. Williams, John Sullivan. 

4th. Captains, Louis Hoftman, George Froehlich. 



186 APPENDIX, ARM\\OF THE TENNESSEE. 



^th. Captains, Theophilus Kates, Andrew Ilickenloopcr. 

7th. Captains, Silas A. Jkiinap, Harlow P. AlcNausjhton. 

Sth. Captains, Louis Markgral, Charles II. Schmidt, James F. 
Putnam. 

lotli. Captains, Francis vSeaman, Hamilton B. AVhite. John R. 
Crain. 

iith. Captains, A. G. A. Constable, Frank C. Sands, Fletcher E 
Armstrong. 

14th. Captains, Jerome B. Burrows, William C. Meyers. 

I Sth. Captains, Edward .Spear, Jr., James Burdick. 

16th. Captains, James A. Mitchell, Russell P. Twist. 

17th. Captains, Ambrose A. Blount, Charles S. Rice. 

36th. Captain, Benjamin F. Potts. 

Wisconsin Independent Batteries. 

1st. Captains, Jacob T. Foster, Daniel Webster. 

6th. Captains, Thomas R. Hood, Henry Dillon, James (j. vSamp- 
son. 

7th. Captains, Richard R, Grift'eth, Henry vS. Lee, Arthur B. 
Wheelock. 

lith. Captain, William Zickerick. 

U. S. C. Batteries — Lujht .Vrtilleky, 

Battery A. Captains, I. V. Meigs, Fielding P. Meigs. 

Battery B. Captain, Francis C. Choate. 

Battery C. Captains, Isaac B. (lOodloe, Robert Ranney. 

Battery D. Captain, William M. Pratt. 

Battery E. Captains, James I". Lembke, Edwin Bancroft. 

Battery F. Captain, Carl .^Vdolf Lamberg. 

Battery G. Captain , Jeremiah .S. Clark. 

Battery H. Captain. John Driscoll. 

Battery I. Cajitain, Louis Ix Smith. 

Indepentlent Company. Captain, II. Ford Douglass. 



APPENDIX, ARMY OF THE TENNESSEE. 187 

6th. Colonels, B. G. Fairar, Hubert A. McCaleb. 
Lieut-Colonel, George D. Reynolds. 
Majors, John P. Coleman. Charles ^^^ Smith. 

7th. Colonel, Henry W. Barry. 

Lieut-Colonels, Richard I). Cunningham, L^nies D. Mc- 

Bride. 
^Lijors, tlenry Borting, William Scott, Daniel P. Long. 

U. S. C. RE(ii.MENTs— Heavy Artim.erv. 

3d. Colonel, Ignatz G. Kappner. 

Lieut-Colonels, James P. Harper, Edward R. Wiley. 
Majors, Ichabod S. Jones, Emil Smith. 

4th. Colonels, Charles H. Adams, James X. ^SIcArthur. 

Lieut-Colonels, William B. Roberts, Peter P. Dohozy. 
Majors, William X. Lansing, William M. Harris. William 
D. Hale. 

5th. Colonel, Herman Leib. 

Lieut-Colonels, Erastus X. Owen, Lyman J. Hissing, 
Majors, John G. Davis, David Corn well. Robert Wilson. 

U. S. C. Regim];xt — C^\^'ALKV. 

3d. Colonel, E. D, Osband. 

Lieut-Colonel, Jeremiah B. Cook. 

Alajors, Charles H. Chapin, Edwin M. Main. 

Alabama REcniEX rs — Cavalry. 

1st. Colonel, George E. Spencer. 

Lieut-Colonels, Ozro J. Dodds, George L. Godfrey. 
^Lijors, Michael F. Fairfield, Jude H. ShurtletV, Francis L. 
Cramer, San ford Tramcl. 

Illi.nois RE(;niEXTS — Caxalim-. 

2d. Colonels, Silas Xoble.John J. Mudd. Daniel 1). Uush.Jr., 
licnjamin F. ]SLush, Jr. 
Lieut-Colonels, Harvey Hogg, (-.Jjaincy McNeil. 
>Liiors, Louis H. Waters, Hugh Fullerton, Thomas J. Larri- 
son, John R. Hotaling, Franklin B. Moore, Tliomas W. 
Jones. 



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rknit-C\>lv^nel!s. William i\ ucpi>un\« Charles Cx lU\rh>tt. 
M;ijv>r^. l>;«>k A, Ke«driok. Hiram \\\ Kovc. Gus^taxus 
Schnitger, Charles 1\ Moore. 

;J. Colonels* CvrM* Bwssey, Henry C CaklwelU Jol r w 

Xoblo- 
IJem -Colonels, ITenr\' H. Trin^Wo. I'cvrjire Dut^cKK l>onii< 

min S. Jones, 
Majors, Get^rge \^ uvnc; a,v>.. CjivUou il. IVtrv. v^Uvci It T, 

Scott, Gihnan C. Miulgett, John C. MoCnirv, WiUitun Cs 

Drake, Peter H, Walker* Cornelius A. Stanton, 

: Colonels, Asbnry H, Porter, Kdward F, Winslow, 

Lieut-Colonels, Thomas Drummond^ Simeon O, Swan. John 

H, Peters, 
Major*. George A, Stone, Joseph E, Jewett, Alon^o H, 
Parkell, Cornelius F, Spearman, Benjamin Rector, Abiel 
R> Pieioe, William \V. Woods, Ivdward W, nee« 

>th. Colonels, William W. Lowe, J^ Morris Younjj. 

Lieut-Colonels, ^litthison 1\ Patrick, Harlan Haird. 
Majors, Alfred IV l>r;u-kott. Willuuii Ko!<o\ . C SvluietTcr 
De Hoernstein. 

Kansas Rkvumkxt — Cavaiux. 

- Colonels, Albert L. Lee, Charles R, Jennison, Thomas P. 

Her rick, 
Lieut-Colonels, Daniel R. Anthony, William S. lonkins, 

David W. Houston, Francis M. Malonc. 
Majors. John T. Snoddy. Clark S. Merriman, Franciji M. 

Malone, Charles 11. Gregory, Levi H. l*tt. 

KKxrrcKv Rk<;imk\ rs — Can ai kv. 

5th. Colonels, Oliver L. Baldwin. David R. Hazard, Wil^am 
I*. Sanders. 
L»eut-Cok>nels, Isaac \\ . Scott, William T. Hoblitzel. 
Majors, Michael IL Owsley, Thomas C. Winfrey, lohn C^. 
0\v>lev, lames L. Wharton, Christopher T. Check. 

;ih, Lieut -Colonel, Albert P. Henrv. 
Mi»jor, Willie W*alkor. 

:'... Mafor. (.ieori:ro F. Barnes. 



APPENDIX, ARMY OF THE TENNESSEE. 191 

Michigan Regiment — Ca\'alry. 

3d. Colonels, Francis W. Kellogg, John K. Alizner. 

Lieut-Colonels, Robert H. G. Minty, Gilbert Moyers, 

Thomas B. Weir. 
Majors, Thomas Saylor, Obed H. Foote, Edward Gray, 

Lyman G. Wilcox, William S. Burton, Gilbert J. Hudson, 

Edward B. Nugent, James G. Butler. 

Missouri Regiments — Cavalry. 

jth. Colonel, George E. Waring, Jr. 

Lieut-Colonels. Rudolph Blome, Gustav Von Helmrich. 
Majors, Gustav Heinrichs, Emeric Meizaros, James F. 
D wight, Gustavus M. Elbert, B. C. Ludlow, Edward 
Langen, Eugene Keilmansegge. 

6th. Colonel, Clai-k Wright. 

Lieut-Colonels, Samuel N. Wood, Theodore A. Switzler. 
Majors, Bacon Montgomery, Henry P. Hawkins, Samuel 

Montgomery. 

loth. Colonel, Florence M. Cornyn. 

Lieut-Colonel, Frederick W. Benteen, 

Majors, Thomas Hynes, William H. Lusk, Martin W. 
Williams. 

Mississippi Marine Brigade. 

ist. Colonel, Alfred W. Ellet. 

Lieut-Colonels, George E. Curris, John A. Ellet. , 
ISIajor, David vS. Tallerday. 

New Jersey Regiment — Cavalry. 

2d. Colonel, Joseph Karge. 

Lieut-Colonels, Marcus L. W. Kitchen, P. James Yorke. 
Majors, Philip L. \'an Rensselaer, Peter D. Vroom, Fred B. 
Revere. 

Ohio Cavalry — Independent Companies. 

3d. Captains, Philip Pfau, Frank Smith. 

4th. Captains, John S. Foster, John L. King. 

Pennsylvania Regiment — Cavalry. 

19th. Colonel, Alexander Cummings. 



192 APPENDIX, ARMY OF THE TENNESSEE. 

Lieut-Colonels, Joseph C. Hess, Frank Reeder. 
jNIajors, Norman M. Finleys, Amos J. Hollohan, Charles F. 
Huston. 

Wisconsin Regiment — Cavaery. 

2d. Colonels, Cadwallader C. Washburn, Thomas Stephens. 

Lieut-Colonels, Levi .Sterling, William H. Miller, Harry E. 

Eastman, Nichols H. Dale. 
j\Lijors, Edward D. Luxton, John Whytock, William 

Woods, George N. Richmond, Newton De Forest, Edwin 

Skewes. 

Roster of Ninth Corps* Commanders at Seige 

OF ViCKSr.URG. 

ALnjor-General, John G. Parke. 

Brigadier-Generals, Edward Ferrero, Robert B. Potter, Thomas 

Welsh. 
Colonels, Henry Bowman, Benjamin C. Christ, Simon G. Griffin, 

Daniel Leasure. 

Infantry Regiments. 

2C)th ]\Liss. Col. Joseph H. 13arnes. 
35th Mass. Col. vSumner Carruth. 
36th Mass. Lt-Col. John B. Norton. 

2(1 ]Mich.* Col. William Humphrey. 

Sth Mich. Col. Frank Graves. 

17th Mich. Lt-Col. Constant Luce. . 

2oth ]SIich. Lt-Col. W. Huntington Smith. 

27th Mich. Col. Dorus M. Fox. 

6th N. H. Lt-Col. Henry H. Pearson. 
9th N. H. Col. Herbeit B. Titus, 
nth N. H. Lt-Col. Moses N. Collins. 

46th N. Y. Col. Joseph Gerhardt. 

^ist N. Y. Col. Charles W. Le Gendre. 

79th N. Y. Col. David Morri.son. 

•"The Ninth Corps look part in the Seige at Vicksburg and in the move- 
nunt against Joe Johnston at Jackson. This was service in the Department of 
tlie Tennessee, if not in the Army of the Tennessee, and would seem to entitle 
tlie Corps to recognition and fellowship. 



APPENDIX, ARMY OF THE TENNESSEE. 193 

45th Penn. Col. John I. Curtin. 

50th Penn. Lt-Col. Tho. S. Brenholtz, 

51st Penn. Col. John F. Hartranft. 

looth Penn. Lt-Col. Mathew M. Davison. 

7th R. I. Col. Zenas R. Bliss. 

Light Artillemy. 

Battery L, N. Y. Captain Jacob Roemer. 

Battery D, Pa. Capt. Geo. W. Durell. 

Battery E, L^. S. Lieut. S. G. Benjamin. 

Battery Lx-M, U. S, Capt. John Edwards, Jr. 



194 APPENDIX, ARMY OF TH^: TENNESSEE. 



PARTIAL 

ROSTER OF COMRADES 

REGISTERING AT THE REUNION, 

Washington. SEPTFMr)ER, 1892. 



ROSTER OF VTSITING MEMBERS WHO REGISTERED 
AT THE HEADC:)IJARTERS OF THE THIR- 
TEENTH ARMY CORPS. 



INDIANA. 

Eighth Regiment, S. Maishall, G; W. D. Stayman, F; W. S. 
Belford, E; M. W. Haines, 1; Thos. J. Brady, John A. Markley, 
D ; Joseph M. Thomson, I. 

Eleventh Regiment, Geo. Simmons, A ; C. W. Barenfaiiger, K; 
George House, C; Geo. W. Rohm, H; Geo. W. Right, F ; Elias 
Whaley, K. 

Si.xteenth Regim "t, A. ]McFeeley, G. 

Eighteenth Regiment, R. Evans, C; B. S. Fisher, K; Mat 
Bener, C ; Noah Tyron, F; Abraham Star, B. 

Twenty-fourth Regiment, R. F. Barter; E. Mac, H; Isaiah 
Phipps, A. 

Twenty-sixth Regiment, H. Chairsell, K ; J, H. Brady, J. M. 
Story, II. 

Thirty-fourth Regiment, Jolin C Iiromagan, B; Aaron W. 
Lethy, B: J. Coles, D; W. Ketchum, D; R. II. Rine, B; A. B. 
Shidier, G; H. B. Makeneace (Band) ; O. D. Walker, D. 

Note. — The names above given are as nearly correct as possible for ns to 
give them. There are no doubt errors in the spelling; but they are such as 
could not be avoided. 

The books in which the names of the v'siting members of the Fifteentk 
Cori)s were registered were lost, hence we have no list of their names. 



APPENDIX, ARMY OF THE TENNESSEE. 195 

Forty-third Regiment, A. M. Scott, B. 

Forty-sixth Regiment, H. H. Deyo, A; D. M. Reid, K; W. H. 
Niles, D ; Morris Conner, H; Frank vSwigart, B; L. Billiard, A; 
David Studebaker, K; John Vernon, I; Henry Herrick, H; John 
B. Walden, G; Henry Snyder, E; William Shaefer, A; David T. 
Krisher, I; Geo. McCormick, F; Hez Robinson, A; Thomas Carey, 
H; Horace Coleman (Surgeon); A.G. Sinks, K; W.W. McBeth, E. 

Forty- seventh Regiment, Eli Elser, F ; Wm. Ralstin, A; David 
R. Potter, F; A. Wasmuth, E; E. Yalme, E; John Huckett, E; 
Jacob Bishop, K; H. P. Jennings, C ; A. J. Juday,A; Reuben 
Myer, D ; John O. Frame, F ; Asa Whitesheve, F ; Wm. Hurling, 
John P. Auspach, F; J. A. Bash, E. 

Forty-ninth Regiment, W. H. Woughton, D; 1. W. Thomson, 
B; Jas. C. McConahay, Jas. R. Weathers. 

Fifty-fourth Regiment, John Weatherwax, B. 

Sixtieth Regiment, J. R. Elderheld, D; Louis Shilles, A; 
Herman Knowl, G. 

Sixty-seventh Regiment, D. W. Dennison, W. T. Maddox, 
John McCormick, G ; F. IM. Lemon, H; Howard Cordell, G. 

Sixty-ninth Regiment, J. E. Rogerson, F. 

ILLINOIS. 

Thirty-third Regiment, Charles W. Bailey, B; D. M. Morris, 
F; Robt. W. Clearey, C; Geo. B. Hardt, V>: A. B. Chatfield, B; 
Charles E. Wodleigh, B; Geo. Smith, H; John Stillmill, F; J. S. 
Taylor, C ; C. E. Huston, A ; J. P. Patten, A ; E. D. Chast. B ; 
R. D. Gary, Cornelies Dubois, C; Isaac Knit/.er, E; Chas. E. 
Hovey, W. M. Moore, D; Wm. Campbell, C; C.C. Brecken-. 
ridge, D. 

Thirty-seventh Regiment, C. B. Chroninger, Luther Fitch, B ;. 
John C. Cass, G ; Jesse E. Barker, G ; M, T. Atkinson, G ; M. M. 
Stewart, K; F. Lacy, W. H. Galiger, G; Morris Wetzler, K; P. 
B. Rust, E. 

Seventy-seventh Regiment, E. F. Green, A; Chas. C. Tracy, 
B; Normon Smiley, H ; C. C . Enstow, C ; A. B. Scrogin,C; P. 
Jenkins, C ; C. Sanborn, A ; Jos. Adams, E. 

Eighty -seventh Regiment, B. F. Brockett, F. 

Ninety-first Regiment, A. P. Stoven, Daniel W. Mannes, A; 
Thomas Painter, A ; J. G. Menz, K ; Allen Foster, D ; Henry Fry, D. 



196 APPENDIX, AKMY OF THE TENNESSEE. 

Ninety-fourth Reojiment. J. B. Weaver. F ; Jonathan Tetei, F ; 
John K. Moore, K. 

Ninety-seventh Regiment, J. B. vStout. F; Jas. Wilson, D; H. 
C. Bull, K; A. D. Beadle, D; G. W. Macker.' C ; Silas Nichols, 
Daniel Logan, F ; R. T. Curtiss, A. Ray, H. M. Sutton, E ; W. T. 
Gardner, G. 

Ninety-ninth Regiment, A. C. Mathews, Joseph Hubbard. C ; 
H. M. Ingalsbe, K ; G. S. Marks, I. 

Hundred and Eighteenth Regiment, Joseph Beezly, B ; E. B. 
Hamilton, B ; Walter A. Roche, G ; Adam Curry, A ; J. E. Cochran, 
I ; John W. Stevens, F ; E. A. Hogan, C ; John K. Bonde. 

Hundred and Thirtieth Regiment, Jesse Rodgers, I; Martin L. 
Stoffe, H ; John L. Edwards, I ; John B. Reid. 

Second Cavalry, Join Kirby, F; A. H. Hogan, H. 

Third Cavalry, H. L. Bruce. 

Chicago Mercantile Battery, Joshua Bell. 

IOWA. 

Eighth Regiment, Andrew Geddes, K. 

Nineteenth Regiment, J. M. Raymond. F; A. Robinson, C; 
Oscar G. Bard. B; Daniel A. Shire, B ; A. Robenette, C. 

Twentieth Regiment, D, P. Beale, K ; R. Hulet, K ; S. I. Huss, 
A ; A. W. Dix, II ; A. G. Barnell, 1 ; W M. Johnson, C ; J. C. Mur- 
phy, G; S H. Church, F; J. W. Sherwood, A; H. B. Willis, F; 
John Miller, K ; F. A. Wilson. A ; J. C. Burkhurst, A ; F. J. Foote, 
G; J. W. Carver, I; J. A. Wagor, F; Peter Hought, A. 

Twenty-tirst Regiment, L. E. Spear, K; W. A\'. \"ann, E; 
John Meyer, B; D. C. Burge, E; D. Graves, I; S. B. Pickle, A; 
W. H. Appleton, B ; G. H. Childes, F. 

Twenty-second Regiment, S. C. Jones, A ; S, R. Fuller, D ; 
B. I. RadcliflFe, E; A. D. Stiles, F. 

Twenty-tiiird Regiment, John K. Hall, K ; H. M. Rhodes, A. 

Twenty-fourth Regiment, John J. Davey, C; T. E. Groat, 
D; O. B. Ford, D: J. N. Sheldan, E^; R. W. Rosenberger, E: J. 
D. Hull, D. 

Twenty-eighth Regiment, John Brannan, D; V. S. Keckley, 
C; John Stefty, B; Fred Shafer, F; C. Gulp, A; T. D. Ferguson, 
F ; C. C. Craver. C. 

Twenty-ninth Regiment, H. H. Williams, I ; J. K. P. White, 
I ; F. C. Barker, I ; P. Carbery. I ; F. M. Wey, E ; j. J- Williams, I. 



APPENDIX, ARMY OF THE TENNESSEE. 197 

Thirty third Regiment, A. R. Curby, H; A. L, vSperry 

Thirty-fourth Regiment, A. M. Crail, I; E. C. Dougherty, 1; 
J. A. Baclier, I; F. B. Wood, K; Jacob Seward, A: L. B. Fish, 
G; D. V. Beele, K; Elias Ackers, C: D. V. Reed. A; G. W. 
Clark, John Dayton, C ; L. D. Bays, I. 

Third Cavahy, A. J. Pickler. 

Fourth Cavalry, E. O. Butler. 

Third Battery, W. E. Headley. 



Sixteenth Regiment, B. F, Clark. II: Jonathan Tipton. B; 
J. W. Anderson. E; David \\'orkman, E; Henry Fletcher, D: John 
Yoder, F ; A. M. Sanders, 11 ; James ]SIajor, H : Conrad Fisher, A. 

Forty-second Regiment, J. T. Eagler. D ; J. M. vSwaley, C ; 
A. F. Price, D ; W. H. H. ^^lonroe, A ; J. H. Lo'uderback, I ; Her- 
bert Parsons, C ; X. J. Dean, G ; Christian Guess, I ; G. G. Striker, 
G ; A. Teeple, A; D. C. Gardner, A; W. S. Chapin, G; W. Sum- 
mers, D; W. M. Crandell, K; S. A. Davis, D. 

Forty-eighth Regiment, F. M. McKee, D; E, R. Philips, E; 
F. Kieset, B; ^Morgan Fredrick, C; J. H. Thompson, C; W. H. 
Smith, F; John Johnson, F: F. M, Brown, B; W. AV. Pearl, G; 
W. II. Smith, Fred Kiser, B. 

Fifty-sixth Regiment, A. B. Crawford, G: J. E. Bing, E; 
Geo. Gnndley, E; Albert D. Brown. 

Eighty-third Regiment, Peter Schokman, B; James Bowen^ 
E ; J. J. Scott, A ; M. Burke, F : Wm. W. Park, G. 

Ninety-sixth Regiment, M. B. Talmadge, D; W. F. Barr, C; 
H. C. Bostwick, A; J. M Swalley, E; M. Ducker, I; J. S. Ran- 
ney, G; Geo. vS. Singer, C; John Smith, G: Henry Karrar, A ; 
I. N. Gosnell, K; R. D. Finley, K : R. T. Bartlette, D; George 
Stolel, A; Ransom Campbell, C; A. Kightlinger, A. 

Hundred and Fourteenth Regiment, John B. Brandt, II ; D. G. 
Burnside, I; X. P. Underbill, E. 

Hundred and Twentieth Regiment, J. J. Douglas, K : .Samuel 
Luckett. G; vSilas Gurmell, K; X. S. Hawkins, A; Jas. Browne, 
D; J. R. McKinney, A: J. P. Van Xess, F; R. P.' Wallace, C ; 
D. W. Mack, F; S. M. Coe, A; R. F. Welsh, F; M. L. Stophlet, 
D; J. W.Johnston, D; J. F. Lawrence, A; J. P. Rummel, B. 

Second Battery, C. B. Fenton, J. H. Slater. 

Sixteenth Battery, J. M. Miller, F. D, Torrence, Thos. ]Mere- 



198 APPENDIX, ARMY OF THP: TENNESSEE. 

dith, J. Q. A. Smith. Wm. Hunter, David Lawman, Moses Mvers, 
Fletcher White. 

WISCONSIN. 

First Wisconsin Battery, J. M. Bridgeford, Francis Domer, 
Don C Cameron, James Brackett, Robert W^atson. 

Eleventh Wisconsin Battery, J. B. Co wen, H. 

Twentieth Regiment, S. C. Martin, B; ]?. Ayers, B. 

Twenty-third Regiment, J. E. Owen, D; R. IM. Addison, E; 
L. Wells, H ; Edward Blackmore, E ; Franklin Fisher, G ; Thomas 
Butler. G ; W. H. Little, K. 

Twenty-eighth Regiment, Jas.Tavlor, D ; F. E. Bingam, I ; E. 
B. Gay, C. 

Twentv-ninth Regiment, S. S. Darward, E; H. Galloway, A; 
E. J. Tyler. K ; Chas. Campbell, D ; Moses Myers, F. 

KENTUCKY. 

Seventh Regiment, J. P. Small wood, A. 

Nineteenth Regiment, J. H. Bussing, H; B. J. Freeman, I. 

MISSOURI. 

Thirty-third Regiment, L. D. Alden, F. 

First Regiment, Engineers, Wm. H. Jones, D. 

First Artillery, A. A. Russell, F. 



ROSTER OF VISITING MEMBERS WHO REGISTERED 

AT THE HEADQUARTERS OF THE SIX- 

TEENTH ARMY CORPS. 

ALABAMA. 

First Regiment — E. S. Woodford, W. W. lackson. 

ILLINOIS. 

Second Regiment — F. J. Young, G. ; \\'. W. Keigwin, G.; 
John Chichester, —; J. W. Powell, — ; M. Walter. D. ; C. M. 
Gager, L; P. S. Ilensley, I. 

Third Regiment — R. H. Carnahan, — . 

Fourth Regiment — O. W. Moon, — . 

Seventh Regiment — W. F. INIartin, I.; J. M. Vaugn.F.; Frank 
Enes, E.; I. E. Robinson, B.; John C. Campbell, C; C. S. John- 
son, — ; Rhodes Hinman, — . 



APPENDIX, ARMY OF THE TENNESSEE. 



199 



Ninth Cavalry— A. G. Bracket, —; Joshua P.ell. L: II. C 
Varr,G: II. E Fnirbank. F. 

Eleventh Cavalry— T. !>• Crisp, C: W. I Ickes, M. 
Seventeenth Cavalry — Robt. G. Dyrentorth, L. 
Ninth Regiment— Bernard Viegle, D; Amos T. Smith, D. 
Twelfth Regiment— W. M. Jones. E; F. M. Seals, C: M. V. 
Taylor, I ; Enoch Heusel, I. 

' Fourteenth Regiment— W. L. Clark, D: E. W. Mcintosh,—; 
John T. Metier, II; C. P. Roberts, K; M. F. Burges, I. 
Fifteenth Regiment— C. H Osterhandt, H. 
Twenty-tifth Regiment — Jos. C. Collins, D. 

Twenty-eighth Regiment— Wm. Frame, C; O. M. Johnson, 
E; David Lucas, F; Z. W. Zimmerman, C; A. J. Parker, C: Rich- 
ard Spencer, D: J. R. Lukins, A; Henry Fensner, K. 
Thirty-second Regiment — T. J. Hart, A. 

Thirty-third Regiment— Chas. E. Wadleigh, B. C. E. Hustin, 
A; Isaac Kintzer, E; G. B. Heartt, B. 

Thirtv-ninth Regiment — James Milnes, D. 

Forty-first Regiment— W. W. Murphy, F; E. T. Lee,— ; 
Sam'l. Coleman, C; B. S. Bowles, G. 

Forty-third Regiment — Geo. L. Hax, — . 

Forty-fifth Regiment— John Annable, — ; James liarnhardt, K. 
Forty-sixth Regiment— W.J. Eckleman, K; E. S. Clark, G; 
John T. Reed, — ; Ames Fauver, A; Cyrus Booth, I. 

Forty-seventh Regiment— John D. McClure, — ; Henry Wiar, 
B; Wm.':vl. Patton, — ; Wm. Godfrey, B; E. A. Tubbs, H; J. T. 
Mead, G ; R. D. Stout, C ; D. F. McGowan, I ; J. H. Enslow, I ; 
Eph. Bane, I; W. H. Daft, I : C. Dodson, I ; Sam'l. Hesselton, G ; 
H. N. Crosby, B; Henry Thamer, B. 

Forty-eighth Regiment — John Lowe, I. 

Forty-ninth Regiment— G^eo. C. Ross,—; C. E. Diemar, — ; 
W. P. Tooch, — ; Peter Boehmer, C ; J. B. Brooks, K; F. A. Niles, 
D ; I. W. Chesney, D; F. J. Borrows, — . 

Fiftieth Regiment— Wm. Evatt, A ; S. G. Cooke, — : J. E. 
Hardings, F; M. M. Bane,—; W. R. McMonigal, D; John Fee- 
hen, E. 

Fifty second Regiment— Uriah Titus, D; W. C. W idmayer, 

K; M. C. Getselman, K: Fred (xerhart, H; S. E. Winchester, G; 
Tames Compton, C ; S. Kilburn. H. 

Fiftv-third Regiment — Abraham P>uenan, E. 



-^^^ Al-rKN-niX. AKMY v>K THK TKXNKSSKK. 

Fitty-founh Regiment — \V. Nf. Watson. 

FiftA-eiirhth Regiment— E. l\ Dustin. E : ). T. r«,slov I 

Sixtieth Resjiment — \\\ T. Ross, I. 

Sixty-second Regiment— William Athorton H 
ler ,f -"^f 7^*\!^-§'--«-Alex. W. Arn^sumh, F: Jacob Knead- 
ler. H : Charles Bonner, A ; David Kline, C. 

^i>^-^i;^th Regin.ent-C. F. Kimn^ert. G; John H. Steele. E ; 

P W:. ''L r'^^ ^ ^^- ^^"' ■^^'""^"^' ^ ^ "• «• Highrteld. I. Goo 
t. Alden, B: M. C\ Blake. B; H. C. L«dd, C. 

Sixty -seventh Regimen t—Judson W. Reed. — . 

Seventy-tinst Regiment— 11. H. Black. A. 

Soventv -second Regiment— Wm. McCarnochio. K O.win 
Looser, D; \r \ \an«< p. T m .> . ,. > v iwm 

r P V > Adnm. L. J. M. Campbell, t^ : A K IK tTolino. 

I' : E. B. Patten, G. 

Seventy-sixth Regiment-Marion Rudisell, G : Tacob Thon.as 
1 : Hiram Johnston. K. 

^eventy-seventh Regiment— Cieo. E. Whitman, B. 
Eighty- second Regiment — Chas. Bock. A. 
Xinety-rtrst Regiment — W. J. Miller A 

Ninety-HfthRegiment-Wm.F. Morris"-; r. .;. Hiako F- 
Kuley Inman, A: Andrew Fern. E; Willis Case - F f' 
Lox. — . ' I . I.. 

One Hundred Eighth Regiment-Dan McClintock. D: Roht 
Flegel. K: W.F.Henry, B. 

One Hundred Fourteenth Regiment-Philander Lucas \ 1 1,,,, , 
German, L: C. W. Wells, C^ : Jamos B. Hrown. C : Cieo. X\ ^ Friend 
L Robt. Honil>eck. K: ,. S. Lake. CL las. M. Chadsev, IL Wm 
■MoL line. L 

CW Hundred Seventoonth Regime,u-W:u. Wassman. D- 

e^k- ^^^"- V ^ ; • '' ''"'"''■"^- '^= -'^^'^" '- ^'— A: George 

blake, e ; L. Thilman, L; John Mverscough, H. C S Be-.th \ 
A. \ osburgh. K. ^ • . . . 

One Hundred Nineteenth Regiment- lohn 11. Srdler 1 
Ono Hundred Twenty-second Reoimont-H. G. Keplin^er. — 
A. Hocke. A; 1. B. Gabble, H. 

One Hundreci Twenty-fourth Rooiniont-H. W. Merrill F- 

EmoryLaskoy.B:JacohDelay. D; John F. Roach. L; 1 C GIN 
mer. D. j ^ . v u 

One Hundred Twoury-tiftii Rooi„uMit— ]. H. Altvit. E. 



APPENDIX, ARMY OF THE TENNESSEE. 2()T 

One Hundred Thirty-third Re^^inient — A. V. L";irr, F. 
One Hiinnred Thirty-seventh Reginient — D. S. Kent, D. 
One Hundred Thirtv-nineth Regiment — ]os. R. Phillips, B ;: 
E. Hardo. K. 

One Hundred Fortieth Regiment — A. M. Dayton. A. 
One Hundred Forty-tirst Regiment — J. P. Eherliart, D. 
One Hundred Forty-third Regiment — \V. W. Wilson. 
One Hundred Fortv-fourth Regiment — Wm. F. Shields. F.. 
One Hundred Forty-tifth Regiment — W. H. Martin, I. 
One Hundred Forty-sixth Regiment — S. M. Cooke. F. 
One Hundred Fifty-first Regiment — Wesley Kent, B. 
One Hundred Seventy-eighth Regiment — Patrick Riehl. — .. 

INDIANA 

First Regiment — G. W. Cart, M; M.Joseph, L. 

Ninth Regiment — Asa Sanderson, — ; G. W McKinsey, — . 

Fourteenth Regiment — ^^^ H. Stephenson, A. 

Eleventh Regiment — S. Morehead. Davis Portis. 

Seventh Regiment — S. A. Jenes, F; James Sloan, E; losiah' 
Jillison, D; A. E. Hart, D. 

Ninth Regiment — Ora Sanderson, C. 

Twelfth Regiment — John Langel, F: F. J. G. Cfphler, G; 
Henry Edmunds, G; Jacob Hooker: Jar\is H. Crale, H ; Ed. Hart, 
H; Josephus Bills, H; G. H. Johnston, K. 

Twenty-Fifth Regiment — W. H. Stowe. G. 

Twenty-Sixth Regiment — Doniel Weidner. — ; C. \\'. Thomp- 
son, K; A. Hunnershagan, A; C. M. Troutman. K; J. H. Brady, 
— ; J. D. Roberts, E ; J. M. Story, H. 

Fiftieth Regiment — Arthur H. \'eal. 1. 

Fifty-First Regiment— J. F. Dawson, C: W. W. Tilford, C ; 
Wm. Curry, C : Ed Tote. C : M. B. Guard, 1) : John Patterson, H ; 
N. Dimmer, I. 

Sixty-Sixth Regiment — Geo. E. Clarke, B ; Andrew Fite, C ; 
Geo- W. Pfeimmer, C. 

Eighty-Ninth Regiment — ^1 W. AUkn. B: John V. Miller, 
E; Aaron Weimer, G; Tliomas F. Banks, H. S. : Train C. Mc- 
Clure. H: Fred Wilhelm, C: W. M. Gifford, G: Jas. B. Benner, 
A; John Treider, A. 

Ninetv-third Regfimcnt — P>en Lewis. — ; Wm. Laml). K; 



202 APPENDIX, AliMY OF THE TENNESSEE. 

Jolm Campbell, A: A. Houseman, D; David williams, K; Lewis 
Bir, K; W. W (iai^re. G. 

One IIandi'-!(l Seventeenth Rejjjiinent — S. B. Kinsey A; L. 
Archer, C; T. Masoa, .\; Dennis Yenyon, A. 

One Hundred Thirtv-sixth Rf'giment — J. 1>. Syphert, D. 



.'second Battery — G ]M. Dodge, Geo. A\"illiatns, Con .Smith. 

Third Battery— W. E. Healing. 

Second Cavalrv — Lewis S. Beemer, A; James H. Dav, B; 
Jacob M. Watts, F; Joshua Leonard, M; A. X. Elliott, M. 

Third Cavalry — J. A. French, B. 

Fourth Cavalry — M. C. ALnon, G. 

Seventh Cavalry — Jonathan Heacock, C. 

Second Reviment— M. Smallburg, B; A. H. Clark, B; W, M. 
Johnston, C; Robert Higley. C; H. AL Austin, C; CD. Rogers, 
C; Aenrv Simmons, C; Geo, S. Burchell, C; W. L. Cadv, D: J. J. 
Williams, D; John Gardner, D; W. W. Uttz, E; G. T. Balding, 
E; D. T. Domiell, F; T. S. Geddis, G; F. H. Miller, L E. L. 
Jones, I; J- D Davis. K 

Third Regiment— J. L. Bool, A; J. M. Hand, B. 

Fifth Regiment — A. C. Moore, A. 

Seventh Regiment — S. C. Cunningham, A; Henrv H.Clark, B; 
E. H. Snider, B; H. P. Smith, li; Joseph McPherson, K; A. F. 
Fields, G. 

Eighth Regimens — Andrew Geddis; S. B.Jones, D. 

Eleventh Regiment — D. D. Rockhill, B. 

Twelfth Regiment — S. B. Burch; Jas. Barr, Surg.; Jno. W. 
Burch, D; Jno. D. Cole, B; H. J. Plater, H; John Vonander, — ; 
H. A. Harden, K. 

Fourteenth Regiment — John Severeign, B; E. G. Weisbitt, A; 
C. W. Wheelock, A: Geo. D. Rose, E; F. P. Cowman, E, C. C. 
Dodson, H; Issac H. Tyson, K; jno. T^'son, K. 

Twentvthird Regiment — Halsev jSL Rhodes, A. 

Twety-seventh Regiment — H. C. Heminwav, C; Lucien .Steph- 
ens, C; J. G Flemming, D; J. VV. Pratt, D. 

Twenty-eighth Regiment — \Vm. Geddis, D. 

Thirty-second — Lewis Miller, C; Thos. B. Doxev, C; W. R. 
Dyer, D; Jesse P. Boone. D; Isaac Aigh, E; G. A. Toole, L 

Thirty-Hfth Regiment— L. B. Waters, B; J. M. Alger, D; T. 



APPENDIX, AKMY OF THE TENNESSEE. 



203 



R. Chase, D; A. B. Luce. D; J. Barter. F; Jacob Kyirer. G: (ieo. 
Williams, G; Manfonl Watt. G; Charles M. Preston, (i; W. E. 
Marshall. G; Blair Woolf. G; Robert Beard.—: Wm. (i. Steph- 
ens, E; R, G. Foster, F. 

Forty-fourth Regiment— R. P. Marshall. A; \y. S. Reed. — • 
Forty-Fifth Regiment— J. M. Chapman. G: Josepli Mitchell. 
K; Geo. Workman. I. 

Forty-sixth Regiment— G. W. Lancaster. B. 

KANSAS. 

Seventh Cavalry— (i. W. Kenno. A ; T. A. Catenger. D ; W. 
Mowrev, E). 

KENTUCKEV. 

Thirteenth Regiment — James ^Lxrley. 

MICHIGAN. 

Twelfth Regiment — E. P. Bennett, G. 

MINNESOTA. 

Sixth Regiment— A. T. Connolly: A. U. Daniels. A: Fred 
Kreamer, E ; C. J. Stier, G. 

Seventh Regiment— L. ISL Collint, F: Win. Whitehill. H ; A. 
Witter, H ; M. P. Aeckley, 1. 

Ninth Regiment— W^m. Reemes, B; Robt. W. Phillips, C: 
D N.n. Thayer, E; Seth Hoag, K; W\ W. Case, C ; Jno. C. 
Burton, C: Thos. Clipperuon. C: J. H. Miller. D: Chas. C. llor- 

ton, D. 

Eleventh Regiment— D. F. Ludwig, L 

MISSOURI. 

Third Cavalry— J. J. Veatch, — . 

Eighth Cavalry— John N. Watson, C. 

First Regiment — Wm. C. Peveler, B. 

Fourth Regiment — Chas. A. Rubin, A. 

Eighth Regiment— John O^Dea, D; Max K. Plumley, D. 

Tenth Regiment — Wm. Funk, F. 

Eleventh Regiment— T- E. Coleman, B: U. J. Akin, — ; J. B. 
Hussay, D; Dr. Ilanley, -: Benj. F. Roush, E; T. B. Gould. G: 
FreclE. McNiel, H; IL N. Davis, L Jacob Fisher, K: Solomon 

Lesem, K. 

Eighteenth Regiment— ]. V. Pratt, Chas. V. Sheldon. 



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APPENTHX. ABITT OT THE T133:ESSI:IL ^T 

Fourteenth JR-egimenl — ^J- B, Stafford. F: J. A. Metser. H: 
M- T- Mall, F: C,¥. Roi>o33>eTts, K; O. M. Watt, J. H. Landen, 
E, H. Stilson. H: Cass Bttrrs. B: Wm. D- Rody, L 

Fifteenth Regiment — John Waldock- D: L. K. Smith, C: A, 
M. Bates, B: G. W. Fnnows, F; Isaac Coleman, B: Henry S-weel, 
F ; IL D. Willard. F: J. D. Gardner. G: Chas W. OntBand. D. 
Sexenteentn Regiment — E. G. Kent, H : Barzilla Smith. B : 
A. H. Spragne, D; R- M- CampbdEL, Jioseph Stroll. F: Henry 
Grimm, G; J^hn A. Griffin. : H. L. Van Horn, D. 
Eighteenth Regiroent — W, Haxelip, H. 

Twentieth Regiment — J, E. Little wood, K; J<c»seph Morrison, 
E; Arch. Niel, H: T- A. Whiting. H; Mrs. Amanda Goodraie, 
E : O. B.. Champeny. H : H. A. Shiffe, F. 

TwentT-"ighth Regiment — Herman Rhodes 

Twentv-nintT Regiment — -J. H. D. Xordam. K: T. S- Post. I. 
Thirtieth Regiment — ^J- L- Nichols, K ; Robert Miller, A ; J- 
H. Co^^ngton, B; G, H. Uaxidsoim, F: J. H. Rhodes, H: D. M. 
Fisk, E. 

Thirtv-ifirst Regiment — B. F. Chase, D; J. Kinmoaa, A. 
ThirtT-secomd regiment — -Joltn Pri^t, G; J. H. E. C Am- 
hrose- B: Peter Lee. — : F. Brassee, K; Joseph R. McLean. F: 
Smith Townsend, J- H. Hamer, E. 

F«>itv-fii^st Regiment — H. W, Murphy , F; MerraoQ Meatz, 
H; laooh Reinson, I: J. J. Benepe, G; J- H, LanhBenHzer. I: E. 
P. Lee, I ; W, H. Taylor, F. 

Fontv-iiMi Regiment — Jacob , A; Thomas Poaneroy, I; 

Tonathan White, D, and wife; James Camhnr- A. A. 

Bridgi<OKrd, I;- jf«o»hn Annabile, — . 

FoTtv-si3rth Regiment — Cyras Booth, I; Andrew Olenhan- 
sen, C^ 

Fortv-eighth Regiment — ^Sewis Brocli>. C 
Si-Kty-third Rc^nt^eni — ^^ ."".Fie. - 

S:xtv-foaarth Regimmt — A. W. A:TC\v<:r-:i:-., i: -'^- ,! -^'i»- 
haiiey, D; Charles Bonnel, A: Joseph M:rit7. F; "' rol" Kr.c-ble, 
F: D,»vid Kline, C; Alkn Wheeler, I. 

Seventv-second Reginaeint — Wm, McC..r.cr.c- >v , 3.. -A.. -\v:,am~s 
E; f, S. Raniin, G ; E, B. P^itter. G: Geora-e E. Whitman. B; 
fotseph Stal'^y, E. 

Seventv->ixlh Regiment — W. 1). L. .^pp. Ci. 

Eijlbn --'-:.: Regiment — Robert Dt-nny, A : W. H. C-arcea", A. 



208 APPENDIX. AHMY OF THE TENNESSEE. 

Ninetv-tifth Regiment — rarley Inman, A; G. H. Autbank. A ; 
\V. H. Xrederick. G; George Townsend, A; A. C. Swan, — . 

One Hundred Thirteenth Regiment — J. C. Ramsey, D. 

One Hundred Twenty fourth Regiment — Jacob Pottsford, — ; 
J. Robert. E : G. A. Davis, A; R. A. Hogaboon. D ; L. E. Kelsey, 
b : Jacob Pate, H. 

First Artillery— L. Q. White, B. 

Second Artillery— J. K. Irkland, E; J. W. Howell, F; 
Edward Webster, F; (ieorge Wiley, B. 

INDIANA. 

Fifth Regiment — Joseph P. Harrison, L. 

Twenty-third Regiment — J. W. Esmunston, E ; E. B. Stephen- 
son. E; J. B. Whalen. K; Dennis W. Brown, D; W. P. Davis, 
George S. Kendal, G; J. S. ]McPhillers, — . 

Twentv-fifth Regiment — Phillip Kline, John Xelson, G ; 
George Schubert. B ; W. H. Cook. B. 

Fiftv-second Regiment — M. B. Guard, G. 

Fiftv-third Regiment — J. M. Price, A ; Marshall Hall/xson, 
A; W. W. Curry, Andrew Oiler, I; M. D. L. Gibbs, D. 

IOWA. 

Third Regiment — S. A. Daniel. 

Fifith Regiment — W. T. Crozier. K. 

Tenth Regiment — W. R. Manning, I. 

Eleventh Regiment — A. J. Hanson. 13; .Samuel Steft'ey.D; 
C. X. Remington, — . 

Thirteenth Regiment — W. T. Gilkey, D; Wm. H. Penar, E; 
R. S. Martin, D; E. Gerberick, F; W. H. Easterly, F; Geo. M. 
Van Hosen, — ; L. L. Catlin, G; D. B. Torry. A. Jno. S. Manle, 
H ; W. L. Wiley, I ; T. P. Marshall, — . 

Fifteenth Regiment — A. E. Errkine, G; A. U. Crosby, G; 
Geo. DePIart, E; W. P. E. Muir. E: L. S. Tayler, H; J. S. Bos- 
worth, K. 

Sixteenth Regiment — Jacob Prussing, B; Fred Hope. — . 

Seventeenth Regiment — Albert Boyer, B ; W. J. Hibbss, D. 

Forty-tifth Regiment — W. W. Powder. 

MINNESOTA. 

First Battery — W. L. Clayton, Henry Hurter, August M, 
Shilling, Thomas D. Christy. 



APiPENDlX, ARMY OF THE TENNESSEE. 209 

MISSOURI. 

First Regiment — Conrad Filkel, C; Charles I. Casady. M; 
Fountain Fox, A. 

Tenth Regiment — B. F. Willets, F ; John Qiierdo, F. 

Eighteenth Regiment — E. X. Arnold, H ; Wm. Hemstreet, G 
D. Torbell, Conrad Fisher, C; C. S. Sheldon, B. F. Chance, E 
A.J. Hume, John Lowry, G; Adam Bruner, D. W. Pollock, B 
H. B. Douglas, K. 

Twenty-sixth Regiment — James Harkins, B. 

OHIO. 

Seventeenth Regiment — Jonathan Weaver, C. 

Twentieth Regiment — Hiram Ohl, H; John Lawrence, H; 
Amos Wright, H; Rube Woodmany, E; N. T. Longwell, D; 
Lewis Bush, D; Matthew Aiste, D; William Ohl, H; John Aud- 
rist. I: J. F^. Hatterman, B; B. F. Walker. A; Samuel McBride, 
I ; H. B Neal, F ; James Hone, B. 

Twenty-seventh Regiment — Hugh ^Montgomery, E ; W. D 
Phillips, E : Daniel Sowers, I ; E. M. Nichols ; Leroy P. Fluia, C ; 
Samuel Know, A; John A. Toole, B; Thos. Morgan. B; Robert 
Turner, I: W. F. Miller, C ; H. C. Evans, C; J. W. Akers, D; 
J. Griffith, C: E. S. Moorhead, K ; J. H. Baggis ; J. B.Young; 
T. E. Davis, E: Alden Reese, C ; T. M. Elliott, H ; J. S. Stuckay,L 

Thirty-second Regiment — \Valter Lowrv, G ; Geo. W. Landis, 
G; Henry Saviers, E; Jacob Pinnock. A; James Watson, A; 
R. G. Thompson. A ; Wm. Kernahan, I ; B. F. Shearer. E ; Tas. 
Twaddle, A; R. H. Morgan, G; J. W. Voorhis, H; Richard 
Blackstone, C ; Harding Bailey, A; Adjt. J. B. Pearce : J- A. 
Morrow, A; A. P. Kipplinger, H : Elias V. (ireen. C; C. D. EotL 
ii- D. C. Groves, B; W. W. Figley, A: H. Huber, D ; J. M. 
Coburn, F ; S. Loveless. 1> : J. C Taylor, K; (jeo. E. Tungt, — ; 
H. H. Thrall, K: H. (J. Wright, A: W. II. Buckins. F; William 
Twaddle, F; Isaac Ribble, G. 

Thirty-ninth Regiment — D. D. Hughes, B ; John A. Hall, E; 
N B. Connill ; Chas. Lewis, K ; Jas. L. Sweeney. K ; Allen Tem- 
ple, E; Levi Bogard, I; W. II. Gordan, I: Joseph M. Burrows, 
K; T. C. McGrath. K. 

Forty-third Regiment — S. Martin, A; E. J. McElwee, E; 
Wagner Swajne ; Olcazer Rothwell, D ; David Mintser, G ; M. M. 
Smith, B; Robt. Giffin, A; Benj. Balderson, F; P. Zinn, F; 



210 APPENDIX, ARMY OF THE TENNESSEE. 

Frank M. (ireen, K; II. C (Jarver, C; Herbert Smith. F; H. T. 
ITnderwood, I; (i. M. Connell. K; .lohn F. Rogers, B; John J. 
Gruber, H; II. S. Rockey, F; Giles II. Russ, C ; M. (i. Ruble, K ; 
John M. Clay. II. 

Fifty-eighth Regiment — John Bennett, D: G. \V. Ludvvig. I; 
W. H. Hulls, H. 

Sixty-third Regiment — A, Orton. F; \V. II. Waitman. C; 
Leopold Montz, B; M. Royall, B; I). E. Hersey, K; Oscar L. 
Jackson; F. H. Emiey, G; Chas. E. Brown; Ephriam vSomers, H; 
John Compton, H; David Carey, H; Hiram Graham, A. 

Sixty-eighth Regiment — J. H. Kibbey, E; L. W. Richardson, 
G; J. H. Baltshouser, G; W. C. Fields, C; T. 13. Pomeroy, E 
F. M. Brubaker, F; W. H. Rice, K ; E. E. Bechtol, K; W. J. 
Manley, K; J. \V. Broant, B; W. S. Williams, G; E. A. Coheei-, 
I; W. B. Smith, G; Ern Shaw, E; Geo. Lemp, K; Charles G. 
Cleveland, K; Jacob Bartlett. K; W. H. Booker, D. 

Seventy-eighth — Albert Gleen, I; B. H. Saunders, A; W. G. 
Eraser, I; J. M. McXutt, A; L. D. Morgan, B; C. B. Mason, D; 

D. A. Sinsabaugh, F; C. V. Neiderhauser, A; L. L. Johnson, C ; 
A. W. Scorch, A; W. S. Ayers, A; Thos. G. Hawkins, I. 

Eighty-ninth Regiment — J. K. Fenton, I. 

Third Battery — John A. Smith; Geo. II. Wise; J. II. Dunbar; 
Samuel Rhodes, J. H. Dundas. 

Eighth Battery — J. W. Cashner. 

Eighteenth Battery — John Savers. J. C. Bontecon, J. B. Gage. 

Eleventh Battery — D. W. Montgomery, J. M. Ike, Geo.Weider. 

Fifteenth Battery — Jas. Nixon, Paul Hammerer, C. W. Ander- 
son, C. A. Twing, L. W. Kerner, 

Twenty-sixth Battery — Ben Davidson. 

WISCONSIN'. 

Second Regiment — Albert vSteadman. 

Twelfth Regiment — J. P. Currerce, K; \'. W. Morton, I); 

E. Wescott, D; O. W. Bennett, I; W. M. Pynchon, C ; Thos. G. 
Frost, Edwin M. Truell, E ; J. M. Clement, E ; Fred A. Smell, E ; 
L. J. Lawrence, H; H. E. Weston, A; J. M. Gullick, E; James 
Ward, A; J. Kammerer, K. 

Fourteenth Regiment — J. II. Punshost, F. 

.Sixteenth Regiment — D. (i. Purman, 1; II. E. Robinson, F; 
J. G. Fleming, B; V. Whitman, A. 



AIM'KNDIX, AKMV OK THK TKNNKSSKK. 211 



Seventeenth Regiment — Edward Conlin, E ; James Hayden, 
II ; J. W. Hrocaw. 

Twent_\ -fifth l^eo^iment — A. W. Winter, IC : W. 11. joslin ; 
Ivis Patterson, K ; S. P. MiiHley, I; C. II. Henry, K; l<ol)ert 
King, II. 

Thirt\ -second Regiment — W. T. Daniels, I; A. J. Wells, C; 
P. D. Cumstock, A; A. L. Ballon; P. W. Copeland. 

Thirty-third Regiment — A. U. Thompson, II. 

NEW JERSEY. 

Thirty-fourth Regiment — John Atkin, P. 

Thirty-fifth Regiment Cunningham, H; J. T. Lanning, 

E. Clamny, F ; R. D. Cook, D; A. M. Mossman. I; Hartley 
Behan, I^ Chas. Douglass, K ; C. S. Ilrtrim. K ; ]. B. Sine, (J. E. 
Dayton, C ; W. Williams, I). 

MISCELLANEOUS. 

L. W. Tillotson. E. S. Woodford, O. I). Kinsman, W. E. 
Thayer, E. A. Duncan, E. W. Whittlesey, jas. W. Wiley, Gottleib 
C. ilank. jas. II. White, John T. Berry, Geo. McLaughlin, L. 
Lcnton. Wm. C. Fields, Ino. P. Connell. ]. (i. Hill. 



Al'I'KXDIX. AHMY oy THK TENNESSEE. 21o 



\i EVIOR AX ] J)T:\1. 



At a meeting <>t" the Joint Coniinittee of tlie four 
corps foin posing the Army of the Tennessee. General 
Green B. Rauni, Colonel \\m. P. Davis. Captain George 
W. Wilson. Fletcher White and D. F. McGowan were ap- 
pointed a committee to jjrepare articles of association for 
a permanent organization (for reunion purposes) of the 
survivors of the Army of the Tennessee. 

Subsequently this c(mimittee submitted a draft of 
articles of association, which was approved l)y the Joint 
Committee and oi'dcred to ]n' printed in tliis apiieiidix for 
information. 

The special (committee was continued and instructed 
to present these articles of association to the survivors of 
the Army of the Tennessee at the coming reunion in In- 
dianapolis next September, for their consideration and 
action. These articles are as follows : 

ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION FOR THE ANNUAL REUNION OF THE 
SURVIVORS OF THE AKMY OF 'I'HE TENNESSEE. 

1. This association shall l)e called the "Association of 
Survivors of the Army of the Tennessee." 

'2. Its object shall be to keep alive the memory of 
each other and of the stirring scenes in wliich this army 
particii)ated from 1S(U to lS(i5. 

8. It shall meet annually at the time and jilace of 
the meeting of the annual encami)ment of the Crrand 
Army of the Republic, unless otherwise ordered l)y vote 
of the Association. 

4. Its ofiictu's shall consist of a President. 1 welve Vict^ 
Presidents, a Secretary, a Quartermaster and an Kxecu- 



214 APPENDIX, ARMY OF THE TENNESSEE. 

tive CcMiiinittee. couiposed o( tlic rrt'sidciit. Sccrftary and 
Quartermaster — all to be eliosen l>y the Assoeiat icn. uiuui 
nominatitnis of a eommittee ajipointed \'ov tlw |uir[»ose. 
and to hold their oftire.-^ for one year and until siic(Vss(H-s 
are elected. 

7). The Presi(ient. Viee Pr^^sidents. Secretary and 
Quartermaster shall perform the duties usually performed 
by said officers. 

ti. Tht^ Kxecutive Committee sliall 1ia\e chari^c^ of 
issuing- notices of meetinirs or reunions, of arranuinu- pro- 
,^rammes for same, and of the i^ublication and distribu- 
tion of all reports of proceed in, lts. 

7. All speeches at reunions sliall be limited to five 
minutes, unless the time be extended by unanimous 
consent. 

8. Every comrade who. at any time, served in the 
Army of the Tennessee, and was honcu'ah.ly dischaiued. 
shall be entitled to membership in the Association. 

9. The annual membership fee shall be oO cents, the 
payment o\' which shall entitle the member to have his 
name and address includ(Ml in the report of proceediuirs 
of each reunion and to havt> a copy of the re{)ort of each 
reunion sent to him without further charLre. 






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